'Til Summer's End

As Sarah Announces Shes Pregnant Geology Professor Mark Kingsley Retreats Into Silence --Their Perfect Marriage Arrangement Over. Still She Remains Until The Doctoral Acceptance Letter From The University Of Washington Arrives. While Mark Is On Another Hiking Trip Sarah Moves Out His Onlycontact A Monthly Check.In Seattle Work Graduate Classes Motherhood And Preparations For A Return Trip To West Africafor Her Dissertation In Ethnomusicology Leave Sarah Little Time For Remorse Or To Grieve Her Grandparentsrecent Tragic Deaths.Surely A Week On The Idaho Family Farm Will Rejuvenate Her And Give Her Time To Reflect. On Thedrive Over Sarah Can Almost Hear The Bacon Sizzling In The Cast Iron Skillet Taste Her Mothers Cinnamonrolls. Mornings Shell Join Her Dad On The Porch To Watch The Sunrise Above The Idaho Wheat Fields Andlisten To The Meadowlarks Song. Refreshed Shell Leave Rachel With Mom And Dad Head Back Toseattle Play Matron Of Honor In Her Best Friends Wedding Then Fly To Ghana For The Summer. She And Hermother Enjoy A Shopping Trip To Lewiston And Reminisce While Sorting Through Grandma Myers Hats.Will Sarahs Perfect Plans Quickly Unravel?Her Menopausal Mother Still Mourns Her Parents Loss Her Recently Married Younger Brother Isconfrontational. Nightmares Unexplainable Fatigue And A Lengthy Soul-Searching Counseling Sessionleave Her Exhausted And Struggling To Wake And Her Best Friends Wedding Hoopla Is Another Remindershes A Pining Sorta-Single Mom.In Ghana Fear And Desperation Pulse Through Her Body With Every Drum Beat. Exhaustionovertakes Her Frightening The Family Whose Hut She Shares. Whats Wrong With Sarah?Til Summers End Explores The Interconnectedness Of Three Generations -- The Strain Of BirthDeath Aging Mental And Physical Illness And Marriage -- To Pull Apart Or Bring Together.-