Friends & Mothers

Цена 40.43 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780312355128

Автор

Издатель Thomas Dunne Books

Страниц 272

Год выпуска 2007

Five women, all of them mothers, meet regularly for tea and cake. Their lives are consumed by children, school drop-offs, and casual conversations; so their respite at the Vista Cafe is a welcome retreat. Until the day that Evelyn"s baby disappears. Suffering severe postpartum depression, Evelyn is now in a psychiatric hospital refusing to utter a word-not even any information regarding the whereabouts of her newborn daughter, Amy-leaving her remaining four friends at a loss. In her absence, they begin to piece together Evelyn"s life, as a mother and as a woman, and start to take a look at their own lives. What ensues is each woman"s uncovering of her own lapsed desires-those dreams and wants that were slowly sidelined or put off for a later date as husband, marriage, and child-rearing became full-time occupations. Joanna confronts her halfhearted efforts to lose the baby weight from her second child, Sam, who is now three years old. Clare"s lifestyle is as unkempt...