“Jean
Hegland is a master storyteller, capable of breaking and warming
your heart in equal measure. She captures real life on these
pages. WINDFALLS is a wonderful book of family and hard-won
grace. I cannot recommend it highly enough: Hegland’s
characters will become part of your life.”
Roy Parvin, author of In
the Snow Forest
“Jean
Hegland is a compassionate novelist whose characters are at
once archetypal and personal. In WINDFALLS, she has created
an elegy to motherhood in all its painful, beautiful complexity.”
Joelle Fraser, author of The
Territory of Men
“Harrowing
and vividly real, WINDFALLS offers a lyrical portrayal of
two women’s lives, one of privilege, one of poverty.
Hegland writes with precision about the many facets of motherhood—the
necessary courage and the inevitable compromise. Her book
is a terrific act of sympathy and understanding.”
Lisa Michaels, author of Grand
Ambition
As
in INTO THE FOREST, Jean Hegland continues to ask the questions
most of us avoid, and offers answers that surprise and sustain
us all.”
Kathleen Alcala, author of Treasures
in Heaven
“Here
is a lovely novel by a writer who understands the consequences
of the greatest blessing we can bestow upon one another, that
of our physical touch; and who knows that all we really have
in common in this world are the ways we can be broken.”
Don J. Snyder, author of Of
Time and Memory
“Hegland
has crafted a powerfully imagined and beautifully written
examination of the way a single choice can lead us inexorably
to places we never thought we’d go....Hegland’s
first novel was picked up by a major publisher after it caught
the attention of both booksellers and readers, and her second
lives up to its promise.” Meredith
Parets, Booklist
“A
powerful, extremely moving tale about motherhood, the choices
we make, and the impact we can have on one another. Highly
recommended.”
Robin Nesbin, Library Journal
“Hegland’s
unswerving focus on social issues—the cost of motherhood,
the plight of the homeless—makes this a good prospect
for reading groups.”
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