How do you survive when the desperate action of a loved one has shattered your family? In "And Give You Peace," a young woman, Anastasia Dolarn, courageously examines her seemingly normal childhood to uncover the motivations behind an unspeakable tragedy. Jessica Treadway flawlessly portrays the complexity of human experience in the face of incomprehensible loss, revealing yet again why the "New York Times Book Review" has called her "a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth."
How do you survive when the desperate action of a loved one has shattered your family? In "And Give You Peace," a young woman, Anastasia Dolarn, co...
A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter. Hanna and Joe send their awkward daughter Dawn off to college hoping that she will finally "come into her own." When she brings her new boyfriend, Rud, to her sister's wedding, her parents try to suppress their troubling impressions of him for Dawn's sake. Not long after, Hanna and Joe suffer a savage attack at home, resulting in Joe's death and Hanna's severe injury and memory loss. Rud is convicted of the crime, and the community speculates that Dawn may...
A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter. Hanna and Joe send ...
On the surface, Treadway s stories offer realistic portrayals of people in situations that make them question their roles as family members, their ability to do the right thing, and even their sanity. But Treadway s psychic landscapes are tinged with a sense of the surreal, inviting readers to recognize that very little is actually as it seems."
On the surface, Treadway s stories offer realistic portrayals of people in situations that make them question their roles as family members, their abi...
