Título: Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir
Autor: Terry Helwig
Sinopse: Now in paperback—in the bestselling tradition of The Glass Castle and The Liar’s Club comes the captivating memoir of a young girl forced by her mother’s instability to care for her siblings.
Even if others abandon you, you must never abandon yourself.
This simple truth became Terry Helwig’s lifeline as she was forced to grow up too soon.
Terry grew up the oldest of six girls in the big-sky country of the American Southwest, where she attended twelve schools in eleven years. Helwig’s stepfather Davy, a good-hearted and loving man, proudly purchased a mobile home to enable his family to move more easily from one oil town to another, where Davy eked out a living in the oil fields.
Terry’s mother, Carola Jean, a wild rose whose love often pierced those who tried to claim her, had little interest in the confines of home and motherhood. In Davy’s absence, she sought companionship in local watering holes—a pastime she dubbed “visiting Timbuktu.” She repeatedly left Terry in charge of the household and her five younger sisters.
Despite Carola Jean’s genuine attempts to “better herself,” her life spiraled ever downward as Terry struggled to keep the family whole. In the midst of transience and upheaval, Terry and her sisters forged an uncommon bond of sisterhood that withstood the erosion of Davy and Carola Jean’s marriage. But ultimately, to keep her own dreams alive, Terry had to decide when to hold on to what she loved and when to let go.
Unflinching in its portrayal, yet told with humor and compassion, Terry Helwig’s luminous memoir, Moonlight on Linoleum, explores a family’s inner and outer landscapes of hope, despair, and redemption. It will make you laugh, cry, and hunger for more.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter’s Memoir”, de Terry Helwig, publicado pela editora Howard Books, em 2012 e com 304 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Howard Books
Páginas: 304
Ano: 2012-05-01
Edição: Illustrated
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1451628676
ISBN13: 9781451628678
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Howard Books costumam mesclar narrativas que exploram temas de fé, superação pessoal e histórias de vida marcadas por desafios reais. Em seu catálogo, é possível encontrar desde memórias intensas de crescimento em contextos difíceis até romances que se desenrolam em cenários históricos ricos em detalhes, como cortes imperiais europeias. O tom dessas obras varia entre o inspirador e o contemplativo, com ritmo que ora privilegia a reflexão espiritual, ora a tensão dramática. O material de apresentação indica um foco em leituras que dialogam com questões de espiritualidade, liderança cristã e vivências pessoais, muitas vezes com personagens enfrentando dilemas morais e buscando sentido em suas jornadas.
