author of THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS
(forthcoming from Ballantine, Summer 2008)
and
THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT
a novel set in the Maryland Horse Country
cover art by Lisa Force
The Language of Light
- a St. Martin's Fresh Fiction Pick
- a Finalist for the Bellwether Prize
- a Readerville.com Book of the Moment
- a GirlfriendBooks.com Selection of the Week
- a McNaughton Selection
Set in the Old Moneyed Horse Country of Maryland, the
story of a young mother trying to put her life back together after the death
of her husband.
Nelly Grace moves her two young boys to a privileged, horse-breeding world in the Baltimore countryside after the unexpected death of her husband. Struggling to build a new life, Nelly finds herself swept up in the traditions and social practices of this insular world. Emma, the matriarch of the fox-hunting community, offers Nelly guidance and friendship until past and present secrets begin to unfold.
Encouraged by Emma and her grown son, Dac, Nelly rekindles her desire to become a photojournalist, like her father. As she sets to work with her camera, though, she realizes her success is tangled up not only in her feelings about her husband's death, but also in her relationship with her father, a man who has allowed fame and ambition to come before his family. Then her father comes to visit, and Nelly's fragile new beginning is thrown into chaos.
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