A stunning novel about trusting your heart, and about the secret suffering that haunts those who don't.
About Martha Brooks
Critically acclaimed playwright, novelist and short fiction writer Martha Brooks was born and raised in a medical family on the grounds of a sanatorium in Manitoba, Canada, and now lives with her husband in Winnipeg. Her books are published in Canada and the US, as well as Japan, Italy, Spain, Germany, Denmark, England and Australia. Her travels as an author have taken her not only throughout her own country, but to international festivals in Australia, Iceland and Germany. She is a self-taught writer who learned her craft through isolation, hard work and the guidance of superb mentors. Her young adult books are multi-generational meditations on love, loss and the miracle of unexpected connections. Brooks is also a jazz singer and lyricist. Her debut CD Change of Heart won the 2002 Prairie Music Award for outstanding jazz album.