Publisher's Synopsis
"Grief is a far country that we visit for a while when our loved ones go home. Sometimes our visit is a long one, and we have a hard time finding our way back. When we do, we carry memories, not as a burden but as a treasure."
When fourteen-year-old Anne Marie Gibson loses her mother and her father remarries soon after, Anne finds that the journey back from that far country--a journey complicated by her resentment of her father's marriage and her step-mother's presence--is hard indeed. She must also adapt to the issues and demands of her first year in high school, which provides a counterpoint to her conflicts at home.
Set in the 1960's, in Oklahoma, A Far Journey is a mesmerizing recital of the time issues of learning to go on in the face of grief, forgiveness, acceptance, friendship and love.
