The Sunflower Forest

Bestselling author Torey Haydens new novel poignantly tells of a daughters attempt to grow up in the shadow of her mothers haunted past. Warm, melancholy and evocatively rendered this book captures the essence of a family touched by sadness. A haunting tale of a family who can't escape the consequences of their mother's tormented childhood. Hayden, a master storyteller, again turns her talent to fiction in this novel that combines a psychological thriller with a nuanced family drama. Lesleys Hungarian mother Mara charming, childlike, lovable is traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences. Though her American husband and daughters try to live a normal life, Mara holds them thrall to her moods and quirks. Lesley struggles to understand, but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers. But when Maras psychosis results in tragedy, Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mothers remembered joy.