A Decent World: 'Quietly magical' Stephen May

by Ellen Hawley

Overview

'Quietly magical ... a book that draws you in and then refuses to let you go' - Stephen May, author of Sell Us the Rope

Summer Dawidowitz has spent the past year caring for her grandmother, Josie — a lifelong Communist, a dedicated teacher, and the founder of an organization that tutors schoolchildren. When Josie dies, everything that seemed solid in Summer's life comes into question. What sort of relationship will she have with the mother who abandoned her? Will she meet with the brother Josie exiled from the family? Does she really want to go back to the non-monogamous household she was part of before she moved in to take care of Josie?

Finally, does she still believe a small, committed group of citizens can change the world, and if so - how?

Reader Reviews

'A compassionate and well-observed exploration of troubled families and relationships … perceptive and quietly moving'

'An intriguing family saga'

'Excellent, deep and very funny'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800751491
Publisher:	Swift Press
Publication date:	06/15/2023
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ellen Hawley has worked as an editor and copy editor, a talk-show host, a cab driver, a waitress, a janitor, an assembler, a file clerk, and for four panic-filled hours, a receptionist. She has also taught creative writing. She was born and raised in New York, lived in Minnesota for many long, cold winters, and now lives in Cornwall, U.K.