It happened as car accidents often do, violently and without warning. In a flash of steel and glass, lives are lost, dreams shattered, and families forever changed. Thats how it happens for Jean Wright. In the days that follow, as neighbors stop by with plates of food and words of comfort, Jean knows one thing for certain: her carefully ordered world will never be the same. For there is the surviving child to think about nowand Jean must put aside her grief to take in one-year-old Guin, who has no one else to raise her. But as Guin grows up into a shy, dreamy girl, their life together is fraught with conflict. When Guin defies the only mother shes ever known by striking out on her ownwriting childrens books and eloping with a man far below her social standingtheir relationship seems irreparably damaged. It is only when Guin has a child of her own, a little girl who is so very like Jean in personality, that events come full circle...and she finds that the qualities that drive you apart can also draw you together. ReviewsAs ever Belva envelopes many intriguing characters for a delightful profligacy of non-restrained emotions...an addictive page turner. North Wales Chronicle on SIGHT OF THE STARS ''A terrific tale of a father''s devotion and its sad consequences.'' The Bookseller on HER FATHER''S HOUSE This is one book you wont be able to put down . . . be prepared for a thoroughly compelling read. Womans Weekly on FORTUNE''S HAND
