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Author_Torey Hayden
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European
experience
generational
haunting
healing
heritage
Hungary
identity
immigrant
inspirational
Jewish
memory
mother
mother-daughter
parents
psychosis
resilience
saga
search
storytelling
survival
tragedy
Wales
war
world
ww2
WWII
Product details
- ISBN 9780007260942
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
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Bestselling author Torey Hayden's new novel poignantly tells of a daughter's attempt to grow up in the shadow of her mother's haunted past. Warm, melancholy and evocatively rendered this book captures the essence of a family touched by sadness. A haunting tale of a family who can't escape the consequences of their mother's tormented childhood.
Hayden, a master storyteller, again turns her talent to fiction in this novel that combines a psychological thriller with a nuanced family drama. Lesley's Hungarian mother Mara -- charming, childlike, lovable -- is traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences. Though her American husband and daughters try to live a normal life, Mara holds them thrall to her moods and quirks.
Lesley struggles to understand, but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers. But when Mara's psychosis results in tragedy, Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mother's remembered joy.
Born in Montana, USA, Torey Hayden has spent most of her adult life working with children in distress. Now living in Great Britain, she divides her time between writing and volunteer work with several British charities. Torey is author of numerous internationally best-selling books about her experiences as a special education teacher and therapist. She has also written two novels and two children's books.
Find her at www.torey-hayden.com
