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Sandra Hamilton, a young businesswoman, travels to Massachusetts to help care for her cancer-stricken father, Reverend Dr. Trevor Hamilton Jr. Upon arriving, Sandra is haunted by the ghosts of her childhood, stemming from secrets only she knows but does not address. After her fathers initial crisis is over, Sandra finds her journey just beginning. Not only does her mother die, but Sandra also suffers other losses, causing her to spiral into deep-rooted despair. All the while, however, one particular question plagues her: Why has her life been spared? The answers begin to reveal themselves to Sandra through what she believes to be her mothers voice, a voice only Sandra can hear. Sandra pieces the puzzle together with the help of her dreams, revelatory occurrences, and the insight of Reverend Dexter, leading her to believe that she must transcend her challenges by cultivating a connection with her own inner voice and finally revealing her familys secrets. In the end, Sandra learns the lesson of forgiveness, and rediscovers faith in her life, love, God, and self.
From the Author
As a self-proclaimed conqueror of lifes wintry storms, Joan Robertson was destined to write her first novel, In The Winter Of Her Season, believing that a creative body of work can be a tool for healing. Oftentimes she wondered why one succumbed to lifes challenges, while another transcended lifes winter seasons, moving on to spring or renewal?
And of lifes winter seasons, statistics are glaring: Women suffer depression far greater numbers than men. Though there are different theories, some medical professionals have claimed biological factors to be the cause, beginning with the onset of puberty to the transition of menopause. Others have claimed the various roles women are forced to play in society to be the culprit, the stresses, strains, and abuses they are exposed to. Joan Robertson is the proponent of the latter, especially in the area of abuse, as she traces protagonist Sandra Hamiltons journey from victim to victor. Sandras journey is told in prose laced with aching sadness, at other times with humor and probing realism, inviting women to evaluate the trials of their lives, perhaps glean meaning from them.