Coming to Terms

By: Anna Murdoch

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Synopsis: Three generations of a family learn to value and understand each other. Joelene Mathieson has been abused by her lover in California. She escapes to rural upstate New York to care for her aging uncle, hoping she has left her problems behind-and hoping for a strength she never had before. Uncle Percy is a reluctant patient. An irascible and seemingly immovable old man, he hides a soft side, a terrible secret, and a keen yearning to find inner peace before he dies. His life's work is building a beautiful wooden ark in his back yard. George, Joelene's pot-smoking teenage son, is a bit of a rebel. He needs a male role model and a positive cause into which to channel his considerable energies. Don Diamond, Joelene's jilted lover, has criminal connections. With the mob on his heels, he sets after Joelene and George with violence on his mind. As the suspenseful plot evolves, Joelene, Percy, and George come to terms with each other and with their pasts, finding love and meaning in family ties that they have never known before. Coming to Terms examines the spirit with a fresh and distinctive style. It is a story to be cherished--one that is at once uproariously funny and tender.

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