Heather schafft fesselnde Erzählungen, die sich mit der Komplexität der menschlichen Psyche und Moral auseinandersetzen. Ihre Werke sind bekannt für ihre ausgeklügelten Handlungsstränge und ihren atmosphärischen Stil, der die Leser tief in die Geschichte hineinzieht. Die Autorin erforscht verschlungene Beziehungen zwischen Charakteren und Themen wie Schuld, Geheimnisse und die Suche nach Wahrheit. Ihre Prosa ist präzise und evokativ und macht sie zu einer bedeutenden zeitgenössischen Stimme.
Minnesota 1935: Die Familie Evans verbringt ihren Sommerurlaub mit ihren drei kleinen Töchtern Emily, Lucy und Lilith in einem Haus am See. Was paradiesisch beginnt, endet in einer Katastrophe: Die sechsjährige Emily verschwindet eines Tages spurlos. 64 Jahre später: Ihr ganzes Leben hat Lucy das Geheimnis um Emily mit sich herumgetragen. Doch als sie stirbt, hinterlässt sie ihrer Großnichte Justine ein Notizbuch mit Hinweisen, was damals geschah. Justines älteste Tochter Melanie ist von der Geschichte geradezu besessen. Um jeden Preis will sie die ganze Wahrheit erfahren. Aber manchmal ist es besser, die Toten ruhen zu lassen ...
What Mama Never Told Me about Men, Motherhood, and Marriage: Volume I Men is an insightful book that will accompany women of all ages and all walks of life as they make their way through the tough realities of life. Not all parents and guardians are comfortable talking with their daughters about delicate topics such as boys and sex. Most women grow up wishing someone would have told them what they never knew to make quality decisions regarding men, motherhood, and marriage. It may be a case where the information was shared but was never really heard, understood, or implied. Each chapter in What Mama Never Told Me about Men, will highlight a signifi cant challenge when dealing with the male species, with the eye-opening story, "Leah's Heartache," interwoven in between. With chapters containing biblical scripture references to ponder on, it discusses the real reason why parents are scared to have their children engage in premarital sex, why "soul ties" are blissful if experienced at the right time but dangerous if done otherwise, and how men's temperament and childhood traumas affect their relationships and ultimately marriages. Brace yourself and open your eyes to an edifying, thought-provoking account of how men, sex, and even religion should be well-comprehended by women before they make some of the most important decisions they will ever make in life. What Mama Never Told Me about "Men" is volume 1 of a 3 part series.
A body burns in the desert... Does the boy who found it know more than it
seems? A compelling and indelible story set in small town America that
examines the burden of guilt, the bitter price of forgiveness and the debts we
owe our dead, both recent and distant....
The story unfolds with the mysterious disappearance of six-year-old Emily Evans in 1935 from a secluded Minnesota lake. Decades later, her sister Lucy, the last surviving family member, reflects on that tragic summer in a notebook before her death. She bequeaths the lake house and her poignant memories to her grandniece, Justine, who may hold the key to uncovering the family's past. Themes of loss, memory, and the enduring impact of unresolved mysteries are central to this narrative.
