num_pages: 448
description: Clutching her pink trunk filled with the relics of a lost childhood, twelve-year-old Jenny steps off a bus in Reno and into the wide-open future. Separated from her brother, Bryan, and passed from caretaker to caretaker, Jenny endures as she always has: by following the inner compass of the survivor. But when Bryan chooses a tragic destiny, Jenny must at last confront the secrets and lies that have held her prisoner for years. Embarking on a search for answers, the adult Jenny discovers that the past cannot be locked away -- even when unraveling one's own anger and pain seems impossible. Now, in the warmth of her marriage and in the eyes of her child, Jennifer finds her own miracles. A hardened heart learns to love. A damaged soul finds peace. And life, once merely a matter of survival, becomes rich with the joys of truly living.
language: English
title: Still Waters
titlecomplete: Still Waters
genres: Biography, Relationships, Inspirational, Memoir, Nonfiction, Adoption, Psychology, Adult, Autobiography, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 2504
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Finalist)
publisher: Washington Square Press