Home and Away

by Joanne Meschery

Spanning the 100-day Persian Gulf War and a small California town's girls' basketball season, Home and Away is the story of Hedy Gallagher Castle, a woman who has reached a crossroads in her life. A straddler by nature, Hedy finds herself doing a balancing act on all fronts as her daughter approaches womanhood, her father enters a no-man's-land of bewilderment after a stroke, and her husband departs in search of the lost athletic glory of his youth. At the same time, the divisive political issues of the greater world―the Gulf War, abortion, gay rights, and fundamentalism―encroach on Hedy's increasingly fragile private one. As the tensions mount, Hedy learns to take a side―her own side―for the first time in her life, reawakening to a sense of love and loss.

Genres: Fiction

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Pam]

06/28/08 purchase at thrift shop

[Lisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I struggled through the first 100 pages of this before finally accepting that I was never going to care enough about the characters to make finishing the book worthwhile.

[Constance Whitfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

An author from my home town. Loved the story, and characters. May have recognized the inspiration for a few.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-read this book. As technically and emotionally perfect as the first time. Beautiful. It’s comforting to know this book exists.