ABOUT THE BOOK
When
John Martin is forced to sell his tech company, he decides to take a six-month
vacation to the south of France.
When
he meets Madame Garcin, her daughter Sophie, and her granddaughter Isabelle,
his life is changed forever. What began
as a long vacation becomes a journey of self-discovery marked by love, loss,
and tragedy.
He
is molded by this family of three generations of women, tempered by tragedy
themselves, in ways that he could never have imagined.
AN EXCERPT
It
seemed to John that the next three weeks could not go by fast enough. He was
energized and quickly got back into the routine of jogging along the
Embarcadero. It was a Sunday morning and John had made it all the way to the
Marina Green, which was farther than the length of his usual run.
The
green was filled with joggers, mothers pushing strollers, and the sailors
heading for the yacht harbor. The sky was bright blue and cloudless, and a
stiff breeze blew into the harbor from the other side of the Golden Gate. John
stopped in the middle of the green to catch his breath and looked up to see a
sky full of kites. There were large ones, small ones, one that looked like a
dragon, and another which resembled a bird, all in a kaleidoscope of colors
that were enhanced by the sun from above. They all danced in the wind, some
darting side to side, and others diving toward each other as if to demonstrate
who owned the skies. Some would descend to the ground then dart back up into
the sky again.
Off
to one side was a small girl with a pony tail, who ran across the grass as
though she were about to lift off like a bird. Behind her she towed a small red
kite, which stubbornly refused to become airborne despite her best attempts to
launch it. Each time the kite plunged to the grass she would tighten the string
again and make another run at it, only to have the kite rise about ten feet,
then plummet to the grass. She tried over and over again with such
determination, John wondered how long she had been at it. After each failed
attempt she would look over at her mother who was keeping an eye on her from a
distance, then the girl would continue with more determination than the
previous attempt. John thought about Isabelle and how much he missed her. He
could not wait to see her. He could imagine Isabelle when she was young,
pulling on the kite string with the same determination as the little girl.
John
walked over to her mother sitting on the grass and asked with a smile, “Do you
mind if I give her a hand?”
Her
mother raised her eyebrows at first and studied John from top to bottom, but
then a smile slowly crept onto her face. “Sure, why not?”
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