Coming Apart

Karen Heenan

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No one knows you like a sister.

Ava has always been poor, so she doesn't think the Great Depression will change anything. But when her mother dies and her coal miner husband loses his job, Ava's certainty falters. The last thing she needs is a letter from her estranged sister, asking for the impossible.

Claire has everything she could ever want, except the child she promised her husband. When her sister's life falls apart, she reaches out to help - and finds the missing piece of her own marriage.

With everything at stake, Ava must choose: give up one child to save the rest or keep the family together and risk losing it all?

Book Details

Publisher: Karen Heenan
Publish Date: Oct 18th, 2022
Pages: 400
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.89in - 1.11lb
EAN: 9781957081090
Categories: • Historical - General• Women• Family Life - Siblings

About the Author

Heenan, Karen: - As an only child, Karen Heenan learned early that boredom was the enemy. Shortly after she discovered perpetual motion, and has rarely been seen holding still since.She lives in Lansdowne, PA, just outside Philadelphia, where she grows much of her own food and makes her own clothes. She is accompanied on her quest for self-sufficiency by a very patient husband and an ever-changing number of cats.One constant: she is always writing her next book.

Praise for this book

"Rich with historical detail, Coming Apart is a poignant and personal tale of two courageous sisters surviving the Great Depression--one strong-willed, proud, and determined to keep her family together despite the brutal realities of life in a coal mining town, and the other poised and quietly strong, holding her heartache close while striving to find her place among Philadelphia's privileged upper class. Heenan's sisters captivate and inspire in this story of sacrificial love, resilience, and hope."

--Paulette Kennedy, author of Parting the Veil and The Witch of Tin Mountain

"A touching story of one family's struggle during the Great Depression--not only for survival, but for connection and meaning in the midst of a dark time. Karen Heenan has an instinct for tender connection between her characters and a great understanding of human nature."

--Olivia Hawker, author of The Ragged Edge of Night and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow