Bücher von Jean Hegland

The acclaimed author of Into the Forest mines our fears and explores our capacity to love in this epic tale of modern motherhood.Young and pregnant, Cerise and Anna make very different decisions about how to direct their lives. While teenaged Cerise struggles to support herself and her young daughter, Anna finishes college, marries, and later gives birth to two daughters of her own. After the birth of her second child, a tragic accident tears Cerise's life apart, and she loses her already tenuous position in society. As the story progresses--and Cerise's and Anna's lives interweave and inexorably approach each other--both women are dramatically, forever changed. Unforgettable, awe-inspiring, and grippingly honest, Windfalls is a daring and mesmerizing tale.

Die Schwestern Nell und Eva, 17 und 18, leben weit außerhalb am Waldrand. Wie betäubt vom Tod ihrer Eltern realisieren sie zunächst nicht, was um sie herum geschieht. Nachrichten von Krieg und Seuchen kommen. Bald gibt es keinen Strom, keine Lebensmittel mehr. Nell und Eva sind von der Welt abgeschnitten. Gemeinsam müssen sie ihren Weg suchen, um zu überleben. (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE *;Set in the near-future, Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home.Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. No single event precedes society's fall. There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other.Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Into the Forest is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel of hope and despair set in a frighteningly plausible near-future America.Praise for Into the Forest';[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel.'San Francisco Chronicle';A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism,Into the Forestis both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love.'Riane Eisler, author ofThe Chalice and the Blade';From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the . . . narrator pull the reader in. . . . A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's1984.'Publishers Weekly(starred review)';Beautifully written.'Kirkus Reviews';This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one's own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together.'Carol Saline, co-author ofSisters';Jean Hegland's sense of character is firm, warm, and wise. . . . [A] fine first novel.'John Keeble, author ofYellowfish

This special book is for every woman who has ever been pregnant, or is now experiencing her first pregnancy, as well as all those hoping to better understand pregnancy's powerful feelings and events-the joy, the pain, the wonder, the bonding, the miracle of new life!