Synopses & Reviews
Readers and reviewers alike fell in love with
Jimmy's Girl and
The Puzzle Bark Tree. In her new novel, Drifting, Stephanie Gertler once again reveals her gift for exploring the ways in which families experience love and loss.
In the coastal town of Drifting, Connecticut, in a Victorian inn perched at the ocean's edge, Claire lives with her husband, Eli. Although her own children are grown, Claire is still haunted by the absence of her mother, who abandoned her when she was a baby. When Nicholas Pierce and his blind seven-year-old daughter, Kayla, come to stay at the inn, the young child's affinity for Claire begins to resonate within her. Unwittingly, Claire finds herself drawn into a struggle to save Kayla when dark truths begin to emerge about Nicholas. Ultimately, the challenge to save Kayla unleashes Claire's own need to find her missing mother.
Fearlessly plumbing the hidden depths of the heart, Stephanie Gertler has crafted a wise and moving novel that tests the bonds of mothers and daughters and their ability to transcend any obstacle.
Review
"Emotionally charged . . . characters come alive with their depth of feeling and true-life experiences." (Romantic Times) "This story, dynamically and articulately told, will appeal to everyone who has had and lost a first love." (Library Journal)
About the Author
Stephanie Gertler is the author of Jimmy's Girl and The Puzzle Bark Tree. She writes a monthly lifestyle column called "These Days" for two Connecticut newspapers, The Advocate and Greenwich Time.