Description
The basis for the major motion picture of the same name. An entrancing memoir of how one woman’s journey of self-discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re-creating her life.
Life is a work in progress, as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. Throughout the years Joan Anderson used to be a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family. With her sons grown, on the other hand, she realized that the family no longer centered on the home she provided, and her relationship with her husband had turn out to be stagnant. Like many women in her situation, Joan realized that she had neglected to nurture herself and, worse, to envision fulfilling goals for her future. As her husband received a wonderful job opportunity out-of-state, it seemed that the most efficient a part of her own life used to be finished. Shocking either one of them, she refused to follow him to his new job and made up our minds to retreat to a family cottage on Cape Cod. In the beginning casting about for direction, Joan soon began to benefit from her surroundings and call on resources she didn’t realize she had. Over the course of a year, she gradually discovered that her life as an “unfinished woman” used to be full of possibilities. Out of that magical, difficult, transformative year came A Year by the Sea, a record of her experiences and a treasury of wisdom for readers.