Official Release Date--November 1, 2006
Praise for In Leah's Wake...
In Leah’s Wake is an irresistible read. The characters immediately take up residence in your heart because they are people you know. By turns howlingly funny and achingly sad, the book details the vivid, harrowing journey of a fragile family that unravels – and finds redemption – thanks to a teenager’s rebellion. Along the way, there are unflinching truths about adolescence and contemporary society, told in prose that leaps off the page like poetry. By the book’s end, we are stunned by the gritty realization that, no matter how we try, it is impossible for any parent to hold a child safe and close forever. We can only hope that luck is on our side, and love our kids as if there is no tomorrow.
~ Holly Robinson, Author of Memoir of a Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter
Contributing writer, Family Circle, Parents, and Ladies’ Home Journal magazines
"Ms. Long does a wonderful job of delivering a lifelike tale about the rites of passage of many of today's teenagers. In Leah's Wake is a wonderful book that is most definitely a keeper!"
~ Susan White, Coffee Time Reviews
"Terri Long's accomplished first novel takes the reader on a passionate roller-coaster ride through contemporary parenthood and marriage. It's sometimes
scary, sometimes sad, and always tender."
~ Susan Straight, National Book Award Finalist and author of Highwire Moon and A Million Nightingales.
In this story of a talented teenager rejecting her golden future, Terri Long accomplishes something quite extraordinary. She manages to write with equal empathy about both Leah and her parents and in so doing creates a powerful and intimate portrait of a family in disarray. I felt I knew these characters better than my friends and neighbors. IN LEAH’S WAKE is a beautifully written and absorbing novel.
~ Margot Livesey, Author of Banishing Verona and Eva
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