Heartwood: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9780440246039 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2012 / 384 str.

Belva Plain

Opis

Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. In "Heartwood, " her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, "Evergreen, " bringing us an unforgettable story of family and friendship, love and marriage, the challenges of life and the true secret of happiness.
Though Iris Stern considers herself a modern woman, with a successful career and a happy marriage, she still holds steadfast to her old-fashioned sensibilities. However, she often finds those sensibilities challenged by her children and the choices they have made. For Iris s daughter, Laura, a fresh start in New York City may be the last chance to save her troubled marriage, but as Laura copes with an impending separation and its effect on Iris s young granddaughter, Iris herself must come to grips with a long-held family secret. An emotional parting of another kind looms most prominently on Iris s horizon as neither her beloved husband nor her marriage is immune to the ravages of time. But like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, Iris will be as strong as heartwood."