 | At The Breakers: A Novel Subjects: Single mothers -- Fiction; Hotels -- New Jersey -- Fiction; Interpersonal relations -- Fiction; New Jersey -- Fiction; Domestic fiction; Psychological fiction; In At The Breakers , Mary Ann Taylor-Hall presents Jo Sinclair, a longtime single mother of four children. Fleeing an abusive relationship after a shocking attack, Jo finds herself in Sea Cove, New Jersey, in front of The Breakers, a salty old hotel in the process of renovation. Impulsively, she negotiates for a job painting the guest rooms and settles in with her youngest child, thirteen-year-old Nick. As each room is transformed under brush and roller, Jo finds a way to renovate herself, reclaiming a promising life derailed by pregnancy and a forced marriage at age fourteen. At The Breakers is a deeply felt and beautifully written novel about forgiveness and reconciliation. Jo Sinclair, put through the fire, emerges with a chance at a full, rich life for herself and her children, if only she has the faith to take it. Mary Ann Taylor-Hall is the author of How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos , which received Foreword Magazine 's Book of the Year Award, and Come and Go, Molly Snow . She is the recipient of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers award, a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Council. |
