The Forrests Emily Perkins by Emily Perkins 9781608196777, 1608196771, B007N6JCMQ instant download after payment.

In a narrative that shifts and moves, growing as wild as the characters, The Forrests is an extraordinary literary achievement. A novel that sings with colour and memory, it speaks of family and time, dysfunction, ageing and loneliness, about heat, youth, and how life can change if "you're lucky enough to be around for it".

"Transcendent… the author's descriptively rich prose and sense of scene drives the story on… Perkins knows how to artfully reveal her characters' inner machinations as they cope with whatever comes their way.”   -  Publishers Weekly

Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd, disenfranchised family moves from New York City to the wide skies of Auckland, to the very end of her life, this is her great gift and possible misfortune. Through the wilderness of a commune, to falling in love, to early marriage and motherhood, from the glorious anguish of parenting to the loss of everything worked for and the unexpected return of love, Dorothy is swept along by time. Her family looms and recedes; revelations come to light; death changes everything, but somehow life remains as potent as it ever was, and the joy in just being won't let her go. 

"A novel that highlights the triumphs and vicissitudes of the Forrest family, primarily Dorothy, who both lives her life and tries to make sense of it... Perkins writes with soft beauty and brings out both the serenity and the strains of growing up, growing old and facing the lives we’ve made."  -  Kirkus Reviews