Windfalls

Windfalls

by JeanHegland (Author)

Synopsis

It is the 1970s, and in a small town in Indiana, Anna, a young art student, works alone in her darkroom, mesmerised by the images emerging before her. Photography is her passion, her obsession, until one terrible miscalculation -Thousands of miles away in California, Cerise, a lonely teenager, battles with puberty. As her body betrays her, growing hair and sprouting breasts, which attract attention, she seeks comfort in the most desperate and risky of ways - Facing the same dilemma, Anna and Cerise make different choices. Choices which shape their lives forever and, many years later, bring them together - both now mothers, bound by a common bond. And when their lives intersect each woman emerges stronger, inspired by what she sees in the other, changed by what she learns. Utterly engrossing and profoundly moving, Windfalls explores the very essence and complexity of womanhood, and what it is to be a mother.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 07 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 0099256738
ISBN 13: 9780099256731
Book Overview: A POWERFUL NOVEL FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF INTO THE FOREST

Media Reviews
Powerfully imagined and beautifully written * Booklist *
Poignant, thought-provoking * Publishers Weekly *
A powerful, extremely moving tale about motherhood, the choices we make, and the impact we can have on one another. Highly recommended * Library Journal *
Author Bio
Jean Hegland was born in Washington State, but now lives near Healdsburg, California on 55 acres of second-growth forest with her husband and three children. As well as raising and home-schooling her children she teaches English and Creative Writing at Santa Rosa Junior College. Her highly-praised first novel, Into The Forest, was published in 1998.