Fiction. Silver Medal winner, 2009 IPPY Award for Literature.
Esa Withrod is a young woman struggling over recent events in her personal life--a failed first relationship and unplanned pregnancy--as well as the legacy of her desolate upbringing. Her childhood has prepared her to deal with the world with endurance and resilience, but not with joy. Eccentric and enigmatic, Esa remains "mystified by kindness."
The only bright spot in Esa's childhood was a three-month sojourn with her grandmother in rural Nova Scotia. Searching for that safe haven she knew as a child, Esa returns to her grandmother's house beside the sea to find that it is not possible to go back. Through a spring and summer of traumatic events in what has been her family's homestead, she discovers the love of family, friendship, and the best of what people in a small community have to offer each other in times of difficulty.
THE CLOCK OF HEAVEN is not a fairy tale. The book will make readers weep in the same way that real life does, but, consistent with true human spirit, hope will be found in the darkest places.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Esa Withrod is a young woman struggling over recent events in her personal life--a failed first relationship and unplanned pregnancy--as well as the legacy of her desolate upbringing. Her childhood has prepared her to deal with the world with endurance and resilience, but not with joy. Eccentric and enigmatic, Esa remains "mystified by kindness."
The only bright spot in Esa's childhood was a three-month sojourn with her grandmother in rural Nova Scotia. Searching for that safe haven she knew as a child, Esa returns to her grandmother's house beside the sea to find that it is not possible to go back. Through a spring and summer of traumatic events in what has been her family's homestead, she discovers the love of family, friendship, and the best of what people in a small community have to offer each other in times of difficulty.
THE CLOCK OF HEAVEN is not a fairy tale. The book will make readers weep in the same way that real life does, but, consistent with true human spirit, hope will be found in the darkest places.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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