Apaiser nos tempêtes

Synopsis of Apaiser nos tempêtes

Anna and Cerise's paths have nothing in common. Promised a brilliant career, Anna studies photography at the University of Washington; a high school student, Cerise lives in California under the total control of her mother. When both young women become pregnant by accident, Anna has an abortion, and Cerise keeps the child. Ten years later, their choices have determined the course of their lives. From hopes to disappointments, from joys to dramas, Anna and Cerise, soon reunited by chance, learn to be mothers and to be women. In this novel of universal scope and rare emotional strength, Jean Hegland tells the story of the world of women in its most fundamental aspect: the relationship with the child. Beyond the choice of whether or not to give life, she says how much raising a child builds us and transforms our existence.