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Book SynopsisOvercome with guilt over her estranged father's death, psychotherapist Rebecca Lev leaves her Chicago practice for the Bay Area to investigate, convinced his abusive wife killed him—but before she can find out what happened to her father, she has to deal with her own emotional turmoil.
Trade Review“
Clear Lake is the story of a woman in midlife as she wrestles with long-term grief, guilt, betrayal, and confusion on the way to finding peace within herself. Highly readable and inspiring.”
—Cornelia Nixon, author of
Angels Go Naked and
Jarrettsville “Nan Gefen has a deft hand at creating emotionally resonant characters who linger in the mind, as dear friends do, long after the mystery tucked into this novel is solved.”
—Joan Steinau Lester, author of
Black, White, Other and
Mama’s Child “Written with insight and compassion,
Clear Lake introduces us to a likable heroine struggling with confl icting obligations and guilt. We follow her story willingly because we, too, have had the experience of failing those we love and making the wrong choices at critical junctures. The prose is lucid and clear, like the lake of the title.”
—Brenda Webster, author of
Vienna Triangle and president of PEN West American Center
“Rebecca’s dilemmas are clearly and gracefully rendered. The investigation into her father’s death raises troubling questions, and it takes the reader through rocky territory, but the trip is worth it as we like Rebecca immensely and are glad to accompany her to her bittersweet emotional destination.”
—Sandy Boucher, author of
Turning the Wheel and
Discovering Kwan Yin
