Leaving Now
by
Arleen Pare
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1894759745
ISBN-13
9781894759748
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Imprint
Caitlin Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 15th, 2012
Print length
162 Pages
Weight
214 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 20.30 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Set in the volatile 1970s and ''80s, when social norms and expectations were changing rapidly, Leaving Now is the emotionally candid story of a mother''s anguish as she leaves her husband to love a woman. In this second book, Paré masterfully blends aspects of her personal journey with her own version of a well-loved fairy tale. Gudrun, the five-hundred-year-old mother of Hansel and Gretel, appears hazily in the narrator''s kitchen -- presumed dead, all but written out of her own tale, but very much alive. Gudrun spins a yarn of love, loss and leaving, offering comfort and wisdom to the conflicted young mother. Raising children is not for the faint of heart; all parents know the anguish of parting from a child, even if for the briefest moment. This novel is for mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. It is for anyone who has ever lived in a family.
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