"In Althouse-Wood's engaging novel, she alternates between past and present; gives BJ a fresh, honest voice; and beautifully develops the relationship between the grandmothers." Booklist Review June 2007
"Characterization is exceptional; both grandmothers sparkle. Spikes of humor, brilliant descriptive passages. . .all contribute to a memorable thought-provoking novel." Voya August 2007
Book Description
As a young girl, BJ spent summers in the home of her two grandmothers, making friends there and even experiencing her first romantic longings. Now, accompanied by her five-year-old son, she returns to the quiet Pennsylvania lake town to claim the inheritance left by her grandmother. In doing so, she hopes to piece together her life, which has suddenly fallen apart after her husband walked out on their marriage.
Nonna's legacy to her granddaughter proves not to be the Pennsylvania farmhouse but the discovery of an unmailed letter written by Nonna to BJ's own late mother. Stunned by its revelations, BJ finds that here-- among the ghosts of her grandmothers, the memories of her girlhood, and the tatters of her marriage--she must confront her history. With Nonna's notebooks to guide her, she unravels the long-held secrets of the two grandmothers who so deeply influenced her life and her art. But it is the reappearance of Travis, the object of her teenage crush, that forces her to confront unspoken truths and attempt a second chance at love.
This book is published by Algonquin Books.
Jill Althouse-Wood is represented by Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary.
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