A film version starring ellen page and evan rachel wood is scheduled for release in spring 2015. The acclaimed author of into the forest mines our fears and explores our capacity to love in this epic tale of modern mo. Buy windfalls book online at best prices in india on. Young and pregnant, cerise and anna make two very different decisions about their lives as the. The powerful new novel from the critically acclaimed author of into the forest. Her mother taught high school and college level english, and was the pullman high school librarian for many years, and her father was a professor of english at washington state university. A place to find information about the author and her books. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. I bought this book because i read ms hegland s into the forest many years ago. Jean hegland lives in northern california with her husband and three children. A novel by jean hegland and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In an interview she gave after her acclaimed first novel, into the forest, hegland explained that regardless of how important an author considers the themes of her fiction to be, in a novel. Choices which shape their lives forever and, many years later, bring them together.
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Jean hegland set in the nearfuture, into the forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their northern california forest home. She was born and raised in pullman, washington, near the washingtonidaho state line. Anyone interested in womens quest stories that explore these central questions will find jean hegland s second novel, windfalls, to be essential reading. I am glad i discovered windmills, and i look forward. Windfalls by jean hegland overdrive rakuten overdrive. Windfalls book by jean hegland official publisher page. The two womenanna, a noted photographer married to eliot, a.
A vivid, lightly fictionalized motherhood 101 as two women, worlds apart, find common ground in facing the challenges of childraising. Publishers weekly promises her second novel, windfalls, is a good prospect for reading. The acclaimed author of into the forest mines our fears and explores our. Facing the same dilemma, anna and cerise make different choices. When i read into the forest, i was disappointed that there were no other jean hegland works of fiction. Jean hegland is a master storyteller, capable of breaking and warming your heart in equal measure. Welcome to the official website for jean hegland, author of into the forest, windfalls, the life within, and still time jean s latest novel, still time, is about a shakespeare scholars attempts to come to terms with his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter as he struggles with alzheimers disease.
Jean hegland born november 1956 is an american novelist. When i discovered windfalls, i put aside other books i was reading and dove in with the full understanding that this was going to be a disturbing yet engaging ride. The acclaimed author of into the forest mines our fears and explores our capacity to love in this epic tale of modern motherhood. While teenaged cerise struggles to support herself and her young daughter, anna finishes college, marries, and later gives birth to two daughters of her own. Jean hegland was born in eastern washington, and moved to northern california in the mideighties, where she has divided her time between raising her family, teaching, and writing. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jean hegland books online. The novel opens with a lyrical description of one of annas photographs of a lone tree on a barren windswept hillside beneath a stormy sky, its trunk split almost in two. Hegland, 59, now is the author of four books, still writes and teaches english at santa rosa junior college, but she really found her way to a writing career through living in the woods. Jean hegland is the author of into the forest, windfalls, the life within, and still time.
It was and is a book that should be required reading and even more topical today than it was when it was written. I jumped at the opportunity for an advance look at still time, a contemporary novel of an academic struggling through alzheimers disease and his deteriorating memories of the shakespeare he loves so much. Young and pregnant, cerise and anna make very different decisions about how to direct their lives. Jean hegland books list of books by author jean hegland. A native of washington state, jean lives in northern california on fiftyfive. See all books authored by jean hegland, including into the forest, and still time. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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