The Sunflower Forest

von Torey Hayden

466 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Harper
• ISBN: 9780007260942
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2008
• Größe: 198 x 128 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins