Ten Circles Upon the Pond: Reflections of a Prodigal Mother
Language: English
Published by Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Collectible. Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2003. Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Bright and clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume. A humorous, warm, friendly book in which the author reflects on her life through the ten children she brought into this world, tracing her journey by centering on each child in their own chapter. A family and what this means. 318 pages. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 2003, Alfred A Knopf Inc, New York, New York, USA.
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- Title
- Ten Circles Upon the Pond: Reflections of a Prodigal Mother
- Author
- Tranel, Virginia
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Inc
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375415165
- ISBN 13
- 9780375415166
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Family and Relationships, Parents & Children.
In 1957, as a young Catholic-raised bride from Iowa, she headed into the rural West with her husband. Within the year she gave birth under ether to her first child. That son was a senior in college in 1978, when her tenth and last child was born - an unmedicated birth that, in a sense, symbolized her journey toward consciousness during those years of enormous social change.
Virginia Tranel traces that journey by centering one chapter on each child; she weaves back and forth in time, recapturing the dozen moves that her vagabond family made over the years as they sought roots in the Wyoming foothills and the prairie towns of Montana. We crisscross the country with her in a Travelall full of contentious children on the way home from visiting grandparents in Iowa; we share her mortification when the Tranel youngsters unabashedly commandeer the pool at a posh resort where their father is attending a psychologists' convention; we await anxiously for news of the two oldest boys lost hiking in the Rocky Mountains; we anguish with the parents over whether they've done enough for a middle daughter.
The scene shifts to the present: to a confrontation with her firstborn, who accuses his mother of polluting the environment with her unbridled fertility; to Madrid, where a grown daughter teaches her to face new challenges; to the Alaskan tundra, where another son, who works for the National Park Service, opens up new wonders to his parents; to Atlanta, where daughter Monica is rowing with the U.S. Women's Eight, favored to take the '96 Olympic Gold; to New York, where architect son Ben, working in Manhattan, e-mails firsthand reports of the horrors of September 11.
Part memoir and part reflection on how our culture affects our choice sand shapes the relationship between parents and progeny, this unique book is testament to the power of family, to the bonds that hold us together, and to our connection to the land that nurtures us. It is a truly American story.
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