Home and Away

Hedy's private world is being stretched thin on all fronts--thanks to the emotional demands placed on her by her teenage daughter, stroke-victim father, and speed-skiing legend husband. As the political issues of the outside world encroach on her increasingly fragile private one, Hedy learns to take a side--her side--for the first time.

About the author

Joanne Meschery is the author of A Gentleman's Guide to the Frontier (1991), In a High Place (1981) and Truckee: A History (1978).

Summary

Spanning the 100-day Persian Gulf War and a small California town's girls' basketball season, this novel is the story of Hedy Gallagher Castle, a woman who has reached a crossroads in her life. A straddler by nature, Hedy finds herself doing a balancing act between her daughter, father and husband.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Meschery, Meschery Joanne
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780520213425
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21342-5
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: California Fiction; California Fiction
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary