HAYDEN, Torey L. - The Sunflower Forest - (First Edition Hardcover in Wrapper)

  Did belong to a library before but book as well as unclipped wrapper survived remarkably well - 344 pg.  - 1984 - Published by Gollancz.    >>>         A haunting tale of a family who can't escape the consequences of their mother's tormented childhood. Hayden, a master storyteller, again turns her talent to fiction in this novel that combines a psychological thriller with a nuanced family drama.   -   Lesleys Hungarian mother Mara charming, childlike, lovable is traumatized by her adolescent Holocaust experiences.   -   Though her American husband and daughters try to live a normal life, Mara holds them thrall to her moods and quirks. Lesley struggles to understand, but dealing with Mara is a severe strain which sets her apart from her peers.   -   But when Maras psychosis results in tragedy, Lesley goes to Wales in search of her mothers remembered joy.   >>>   Although set in the 1950s, the story reveals the traumatic experiences of Lesley's mother during World War II when the Nazis took her son.