The
Associated Press
"A nail-biter of a story. Plenty of heart and an attuned sympathy
for the main characters."
Kirkus Reviews
"Realistic, well-plotted, eminently readable portrait of a family
in crisis."
The Boston Globe
"Leavitt excels. A richly drawn portrait of what happens after
the happiest day of one's life turns into the worst nightmare--and
the long journey back."
The New Yorker
"Leavitt's devotion to her characters, and to a surprising world view, gives the story a certain gravity."
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A heart-wrenching work about family love and encroaching tragedy
that will keep readers engrossed until its final pages."
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Another installment of Leavitt's consistently strong work."
David Forsmark, The Flint Journal
"The pleasure is in its people. Leavitt does an extraordinary
job, with a wry, unpredictable sense of humor."
Katharine Weber, author
The Music Lesson
"What a rich and personal novel. What excellent writing, and
what subtlety and intelligence inform this book. Readers who wait
impatiently for the next Jane Hamilton or Sue Miller novel will find
another favorite in Caroline Leavitt." |
Caroline
Leavitt, Coming Back to Me
 Book
Description
From an award-winning and critically acclaimed writer
comes a new novel about a young family in crisis--and the woman
who turns their lives around.
Newlyweds Gary and Molly are very much in love, and excited about the imminent birth of their first baby. But a devastating medical situation suddenly leaves Gary caring for young Otis alone and facing a mountain of medical bills and the loss of his job. Just when all hope for happiness--and for Molly--evaporates, into their lives comes Molly's estranged sister. Bringing long-buried secrets and emotions out into the open, she will ultimately save Gary and Molly's marriage--and their lives. Coming Back To Me is a novel about memory and family secrets, about sisters and marriage and finding inroads into a closed community. It's about the inability of anyone to ever be truly safe. And it's about love.
Coming Back To Me came out of personal experience. After a dream pregnancy and the birth of her first child, Leavitt suddenly developed a rare and fatal blood disorder. Her child came home days after being born. Two months, five operations and three near-deaths, Leavitt came home, too. Leavitt fought for her recovery for over a year, but because she had been given memory blockers, she had no recall, and without memory, she couldn't process and move through the trauma. It wasn't until she began to create a fictional memory, that she began to heal.
Author's
Bio
Caroline Leavitt is the award-winning author of six novels, including Meeting Rozzy Halfway, Lifelines, Jealousies, Family, Into Thin Air, and Living Other Lives. Various titles were optioned for film. The recipient of a New York Foundation of the Arts Award for her novel, Into Thin Air, she is also a National Magazine Award nominee. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Salon.com, Redbook, Parenting, and the anthologies, A Few Thousand Words About Love, Forever Sisters, and Father. She lives with her husband, the writer Jeff Tamarkin, and their young son, Max, in Hoboken, New Jersey. You can contact Ms Leavitt at TheLeav@aol.com.
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