The sunflower forest
By: by Torey Hayden
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780007260942
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Fiction; Hungarians; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Mothers; Mental health; Psychological aspects
Description: Lesley's 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 Mara's psychosis results in tragedy, Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mother's remembered joy.