![]() ![]() Kinsolving explains that Kathleen had been institutionalized for most of her life, and that Matthew never even knew she existed. ![]() Her mother-in-law bristles with a barely concealed hostility, and Francesca discovers an unexpected resident living in the house-Kathleen, Matthew’s developmentally disabled sister. Estranged from her own father and stepmother, Francesa desires some sense of closure with the only family left behind by her late husband, before she puts her baby up for adoption.īut the meeting does not transpire as Francesca had imagined. Kinsolving remains something of a mysterious figure to Francesca, having never responded to any of Francesa’s letters. ![]() Hintze | Fawcett Books | 1969 | 159 pagesĪfter her husband Matthew’s death in Vietnam, pregnant young widow Francesca Kinsolving travels deep into the Ohio wilderness to meet her mother-in-law. ![]()
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