num_pages: 420
description: After the revolution thirteen-year-old Ylenia - haunted by the silence of her mother's prolonged mourning and her own paralyzing inhibitions - immigrates to New York with her mother. As an adult Ylenia must come to terms with her deep fear of loss and the significance of how we choose to live our lives.FORWARD is a novel-in-stories a fragmented and interconnected composite of glimpses and individuals - all of whom remind us of our shared vulnerability strength ennui joy fear and wilderness.
language: English
title: Forward
publisher: MUSEUM Books (April 15, 2014)