Bøger af Vivian McDermott

Kate's Path is Vivian McDermott's touching novel about one woman's search for stability, happiness, and family-with a bit of Montana history thrown in. Kate's life crumbles when her husband, Charlie, dies in a tragic accident-and in the depths of that grief, she finds out that she's pregnant. She packs up the pieces of her life and moves back home with her parents. Just before Karly, Kate's daughter, turns two, Kate decides to move to the city to finish her education. There, Kate meets Amanda, another single mother looking for a buoy in the storm. Alone and desperate for support, they hatch a plan that sounds crazy: What if they team up and form a household for their two baby girls? They combine their lives and their resources, and the next twenty years pass in peace and prosperity. Now, with their daughters moving out and Amanda's recent engagement, Kate plans a trip to fend off the sadness of an empty nest: cycling across the state of Montana. Over the course of her journey, Kate will meet new people and learn new things-but she'll also have to face her past, including the in-laws she lost along with Charlie.

For Liz Baxter, high school graduation is supposed to be the beginning of a brighter future. She'll marry the love of her life, Drew, move onto his family's farm, and live happily ever after. But when news of a draft comes to the small town of Shelby, Montana, it quickly turns the lovebirds' fairy tale ending on its head. When Drew is called to serve in World War II, he immediately fears he won't come back alive. So, trying to save Liz the pain, he breaks it off and tells her not to wait for him-a decision that leaves his high school sweetheart heartbroken and uncertain of her future. Now, Drew is gone and Liz finds herself facing even greater problems when she realizes she is expecting a baby. Unable and unwilling to tell Drew or his parents, the young woman must come to terms with some difficult decisions that could shape her own life...and the future of her unborn child. Crazy Quilt Family is ultimately a tale of love, redemption, and powerful family bonds set in small Montana farming communities during the tumultuous beginnings of World War II.

Diana spends most of her life feeling like something isn't right-and worried that maybe the problem is actually with her. Continually struggling to differentiate between colors, she makes fashion faux pas that cause her sister's eyes to roll. Diana trips over curbs and small children and can't always recognize people or places she knows well. And if those small embarrassing situations aren't bad enough, wrecking her bicycle and car truly cause her serious concern. Friends and family tell Diana to get her eyes checked-again. The eye doctor tells Diana that her prescription hasn't changed and that she's just near-sighted. And meanwhile, Diana goes through life feeling like she must be clumsy and inattentive no matter how much she pays attention. Based on real experiences from author Vivian McDermott's own life with an undiagnosed degenerative eye disease, Adventures of a VIP tells of one Montanan woman's struggle to navigate the physical world-both before and after she's diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age fifty-six. Inspiring and engaging, this story explores the emotional and psychological side effects of living with an undiagnosed condition as well as the process of learning to cope with physical impairments.