Needy Creek

Overview

Midlife has not been kind to Libby Berkenheimer. Her beloved husband has been killed in an automobile accident. Her children have left for college. She hasn't written a decent poem in months. Worst of all, even though she is middle-aged, she feels like a crying child. She wants her mama.

Desperate and desolate, Libby invites her aging mother to live with her. Even though Mom is suffering memory loss and needs some care, Mom is still smiling, still the charmer she always was. In her mother's luggage, Libby finds evidence that her mother was once a consummate artist as well. "Needy Creek," her mother's masterpiece, is a watercolor so luminous it seems to light up the whole house.

Yet even with Mom in the house with her, Libby still feel like a foundling left crying on a cold doorstep. Performing "family archaeology," digging into her own memories as she writes in her journal, Libby realizes she has always felt like an orphan. But why?

When Mom gives "Needy Creek" away, Libby remembers part of the answer. Taking her mother on a journey back to her birthplace in search of the painting, Libby begins to connect with her past--and her anger. But how can she connect with her mother, the Mom she loves and hates, before it is too late?

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Author Information

Bio of Nancy Springer

Nancy Springer, an instructor of creative writing with York College in Pennsylvania, is the author of more than thirty novels for adults, young adults and children, as well as nonfiction, novellas, short stories and poetry. Among her published novels are IN THE BLACK BEAST, THE GOLDEN SWAN, CHAINS OF GOLD and APOCALYPSE. The best advice that Nancy can give based on her life experiences is to ' Conform, go crazy, or become an artist, ' which she has on her rubber stamp. If she could add one more thing to it, she says it might include one of the following: ' Hug a horse. Paint the porch cream and lavender. Eat Chinese whenever possible. Put the old picture in a new frame. Take a bike ride. Go dancing. Believe in the power of dreams. '

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Imprint

Grand Central Publishing

Filesize

834.67 KB

Number of Pages

296

eBook ISBN

9780759525153