Up on End & Spinning

By Helen J. Batchelder

At the waning of the 20th century, convention and change wrestle in a New England home. What emerges is Margaret Hartford, famous poet and activist. Seeing through a child's eyes the effects of her famous mother's (Hats off to a True American Hero ) activism on the family, Sarah, now a chef, refuses to take up that mantle. Not that she had much choice. So much the youngest, belittled and set aside for what would most likely have been diagnosed as ADD, her lack of self esteem preys on her potential. Sarah is convinced she'll never care about the world in a useful way, and she's weary of coming up empty-handed every time she searches for her beloved, absent, sister.
Real life is more than a cause, though, and more than a job. It's more than what others told her it is. So when what needs her comes knocking, will she answer? Her memories are incomplete, the family stories, too; and she's the only one left to make sense of things.
The journey she eventually takes will change everything.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CVZR3LSM
• ISBN13: 9798879934007
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"