About Sleeping Tigers
Jordan O'Malley has everything she ever wanted: a job she loves, a beautiful home, and a dependable boyfriend. When her life unravels after a breast cancer scare, Jordan decides to join her wildest childhood friend in San Francisco and track down her drifter brother, Cam, who harbors secrets of his own.
When Cam suddenly flees the country, Jordan follows, determined to bring him home. Her journey takes her to the farthest reaches of majestic Nepal, where she encounters tests—and truths—about love and family that she never could have imagined.
Funny, heartbreaking, and suspenseful, Sleeping Tigers reminds us all that sometimes it's better to follow your heart instead of a plan.
About The Author
Holly Robinson has been writing feature articles, essays and advice columns on health, parenting and psychology topics for national magazines since 1995. She has been a contributing editor at Ladies’ Home Journal and Parents magazines.
Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Family Circle, FamilyFun, Fitness, Good Housekeeping, More, Parenting, Parents Expecting, Shape, and WorkingMother. The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter, (Harmony/Crown, May 2009) is her first book.
Prior to beginning her career as a freelance writer, Ms. Robinson worked as a science and health writer for the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and received the American Medical Association’s Will Solimene Award for Excellence.
She has taught creative writing and English courses as an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern University and has lectured on writing at numerous other colleges in the Boston area.
Ms. Robinson holds a B.A. in biology from Clark University and is a graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
She lives in northern Massachusetts with her husband and their five children.
My Thoughts
I loved this novel. This is a story about a woman, Jordan O'Malley, who leaves her safe world to venture out to California. She has had a health scare and recently said goodbye to her real winner of a boyfriend. She is a teacher and decides to spend her summer trying to find her elusive brother. She does find him and this is where the story really takes off. She finds herself in a world totally different than she is used to. She finds that her brother has some real issues that he is having a problem handling. An ex- girlfriend, a baby who gets dropped off on Jordan's doorstep, a drug problem and a long seated animosity for his father. He disappears again and Jordan finds herself traveling to the Himalayas to get him to face his problems and accept his responsibilities. This is a very heartbreaking and poignant story about family dynamics, love and hate relationships. Two siblings who find themselves with each others help. I highly recommend it...
A big thank you to Holly for allowing me to read and review a copy of her book. I was not monetarily compensated for my review.
No comments:
Post a Comment