After the premature death of her husband of thirty years, Anna Simon learns the comfortable life they shared in Seattle had been built on lies. The discovery of her husband’s betrayal challenges everything she had previously believed.
Grief and shock combine with menopause to topple her formerly secure identities as wife, mother and educator. In an effort to build a new life, Anna pursues an interest in documentary film where she is surprised to find herself attracted to a talented and engaging woman. Will she have the courage to claim a new life, to trust her own feelings? Or will she scuttle back into her shell?
Praise
“Turtle Season is a lovely and wise book.”
—Katherine Forrest, author of Curious Wine and the Kate Delafield mystery series
“With economical and precise prose, Miriam Ruth Black paints a believable portrait of a woman on the verge of total disintegration who catches herself in time to find new life, and love where she least expected it.”
—Michele Kort, Magazine editor and author is co-editor of Here Come the Brides! Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage.
“This funny, moving novel about a woman’s struggle to find the right life for herself in late middle age grabs the reader’s attention and doesn’t let it go. A good story that hasn’t really been told before, Turtle Season is full of delightful surprises and honest emotions. I loved reading it.”
—Alice Bloch, author of Lifetime Guarantee and The Law of Return
“Miriam Black has created a memorable and recognizable character in Anna as she struggles – as we all must – to see herself anew and decide which elements of her past to keep and which to let go.”
—Terry Wolverton, Author, Stealing Angel