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Bestselling author Torey Hayden's new novel poignantly tells of a daughter's attempt to grow up in the shadow of her mother's haunted past. Warm, melancholy and evocatively rendered this book captures the essence of a family touched by sadness. A haunting tale of a family who can't escape the consequences of their mother's tormented childhood. Hayden, a master storyteller, again turns her talent to fiction in this novel that combines a psychological thriller with a nuanced family drama. Lesley's Hungarian mother Mara -- charming, childlike, lovable -- is traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences. Though her American husband and daughters try to live a normal life, Mara holds them thrall to her moods and quirks. Lesley struggles to understand, but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers. But when Mara's psychosis results in tragedy, Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mother's remembered joy.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Sunflower Forest
• Author: Torey Hayden
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• EAN: 9780007260942
• ISBN: 0007260946
• ID: 04005014
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
• Weight: 326 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 129 × 34 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 2008

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