EBOOK Duck Pond Epiphany
Opis
A Novel
Though educated as a painter, fifty-three-year-old Lee MacPhearson has lived her life coloring inside of the lines. The quintessential working mother of four, Lee has been the proper faculty wife-an ill-fitting role at best-while somehow managing to nurture her passion project, Mad Dog Gallery, into one of the Pacific Northwest&'s most notable galleries. The casualty in all of this has been Lee&'s marriage-and her sense of self. Having just delivered her last child to college, Lee is overwhelmed by her empty nest, and she&'s left wondering what happened to the woman she once was. But she&'s also giddy: finally, the opportunity to decide what she alone wants. Her estranged husband Brian, however, knows exactly what he wants: Lee and the life they once shared. He launches his campaign to reconcile before Lee even sets foot into her newly empty farmhouse, his apologies well-rehearsed. Ultimately, however, Barb Yakamura, Lee&'s best friend and the brilliant and irreverent Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is the one who truly overflows with ideas about what Lee should do-including one that leads Lee, Brian, and the entire MacPhearson family to an ending they never expected.
Though educated as a painter, fifty-three-year-old Lee MacPhearson has lived her life coloring inside of the lines. The quintessential working mother of four, Lee has been the proper faculty wife-an ill-fitting role at best-while somehow managing to nurture her passion project, Mad Dog Gallery, into one of the Pacific Northwest&'s most notable galleries. The casualty in all of this has been Lee&'s marriage-and her sense of self. Having just delivered her last child to college, Lee is overwhelmed by her empty nest, and she&'s left wondering what happened to the woman she once was. But she&'s also giddy: finally, the opportunity to decide what she alone wants. Her estranged husband Brian, however, knows exactly what he wants: Lee and the life they once shared. He launches his campaign to reconcile before Lee even sets foot into her newly empty farmhouse, his apologies well-rehearsed. Ultimately, however, Barb Yakamura, Lee&'s best friend and the brilliant and irreverent Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is the one who truly overflows with ideas about what Lee should do-including one that leads Lee, Brian, and the entire MacPhearson family to an ending they never expected.