House Broken - Softcover

Sonja Yoerg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451472136 ISBN 13: 9780451472137

Publisher: NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY, 2015

Synopsis

Geneva has kept her self-destructive mother, Helen, at arms-length since she was a teenager. But when Helen is injured in a vodka-fuelled accident, it's up to Geneva to give her the care she needs. Geneva has spent most of her life caring for animals. As a vet, she finds animals easier to understand than people and is reluctant to take her injured mother in. But her husband is adamant they help out - it might be the only chance to fix Geneva and Helen's broken relationship. Geneva isn't expecting much, but she might finally get the answers she is looking for.

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Praise for House Broken

"A stunning debut that will leave readers wanting more! Yoerg is on par with established women's fiction authors such as Jennifer Weiner and Sarah Pekkanen."--Library Journal (starred review)

"House Broken is a beautifully rendered debut. It's smart, heartbreaking, and thought provoking... This wonderful novel is destined to be a hit with book clubs."--Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt

"A riveting tale exploring the power of family secrets."--Ellen Marie Wiseman, author of What She Left Behind

"Sonja Yoerg creates a compelling tale of a family gone awry, and the ultimate cost of maintaining shameful secrets. House Broken is everything I love in women's fiction...beautiful writing, strong characters, a dash of mystery, and the hope for redemption."--Lori Nelson Spielman, International bestselling author of The Life List

"Gorgeously written with characters that shine."--Eileen Goudge, New York Times bestselling author of The Replacement Wife

"A sparkling and insightful debut."--Emily Liebert, author of When We Fell

"With marvelous wit, Yoerg shows us that for almost every dark pocket of pain a family's history hides, there is, ultimately, a ray of light and love."--Julie Lawson Timmer, author of Five Days Left

About the Author:

Sonja Yoerg grew up in Stowe, Vermont, and earned her Ph.D. in Biological Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Her non-fiction book about animal intelligence, Clever as a Fox was published in 2001. She currently lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband. Together they run, garden, remodel houses, cook, eat, drink wine, then run some more. House Broken is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0451472136
• ISBN 13: 9780451472137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326