Surviving Amelia

Forty-year old Amelia is lost on an island in the Pacific, yet finds herself resurrected in her own sister’s study just outside of Boston. Seventeen-year old Sam Barry is just beginning her life as a coed, trying her best to separate from her needy mother, and her dysfunctional family. And seventy-nine year old Muriel is reeling from the double loss of a son and a husband. Their lives intersect in surprising ways, and long buried secrets come to light. The novel examines the special, powerful intimacy women share, whether they are siblings, best friends or mothers and daughters.