The Leavetaking
Published on 22. November 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
979-8-215-36146-7 (ISBN)
Description
A successful author. Her lifelong friends. A luxurious birthday weekend at a posh resort. The perfect setting to make memories they can cherish forever. At least, that was the plan.
But all is not right with Molly, a terminally ill woman in a less-than-fulfilling marriage who celebrates her 65th birthday with three old college classmates. During their getaway, closely held secrets in their interwoven backstories - an affair, an accidental death, an addicted daughter, and, of course, Molly's illness - are finally revealed, with consequences for their friendships. And in the end, long after she returns to the reality of daily life, Molly must come to terms with her own mortality and the world she will leave in her wake.
"The Leavetaking" is about betrayal and forgiveness, courage and compassion. But most of all, it is about forging one's own path to serenity and helping others to find theirs.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
225 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-215-36146-7 (9798215361467)
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Anna Blauveldt was born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and graduated with an Honours B.A. degree from the University of New Brunswick. She then moved to Ottawa to join the federal government and was honoured to be appointed Canada's Ambassador to Iceland before leaving to pursue her next career as an author.
She subsequently completed the Post-Graduate Creative Writing Program of Humber College, Toronto and obtained an M.A. degree with Merit in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Gloucestershire, UK, in 2019.
Published works include,
"Kat and the Meanies" - 2022, Broken Keys Publishing & Press
"Irma" - 2019 anthology 'A Two-Four of Tales', Ottawa Independent Writers
"Released" - 2020 anthology 'Short Stories for a Long Year', Ottawa Independent Writers
"BFF" - 2022 anthology 'Conversations', Unleash Press (Ohio USA)
"Harvest Festival" - 2022 anthology 'Ghosts and Other Cthonic Macabres,' Broken Keys Publishing & Press.
"To Play At God" and "Ask Gloria" - Published in one volume, October 2021, Publerati, (Maine USA).