The Sun Road

By Hannah MacDonald

Subjects: Young women, Dysfunctional families, Fiction, general, Fiction, Parent and adult child

Description: Starting in the 1970s and spanning three decades, this novel begins with a tragedy that reverberates through the lives of two neighbouring families. When 30-year-old Beth meets childhood friend Dan after 18 years, her attraction to him is tempered by memories of her two-year affair with his father. Beth Standing has always known her home is different from other people's, her mother and father different from other parents. What she doesn't understand is why...As a child Beth seeks solace in the noisy, energetic household of the Frederick family across the street. Dan Frederick soon becomes her best friend and the lives of the two families are drawn together. Almost twenty years later, after the Fredericks have divorced and Beth has left home, Beth is reunited with Dan. Embarking on an affair that will shatter the serenity of both families, Beth and Dan come face to face with their pasts, leading Beth to the shocking truth behind the thirty-year-old tragedy that has shaped all their lives...