Overview
In the wake of her uncleās departure, Lavinia has quit school. Now she works as a personal laundress to a diverse cast of San Francisco residentsāpeople with stories as complicated as her own. As time progresses, through the sacred ritual of washing clothesāand with the help of a friend and her nurturing, flamenco dancing motherāLavinia begins to recover memories of her past. Gradually, her gifts of receptivity multiply, and she communes with nature, finding messages from birds and the leaves of her gardenās fig tree. And when she recovers Raggedy, a beloved doll that accompanied her from Naples when she was four years old, she experiences a tangible connection to her own mother.
Even as Lavinia makes these discoveries, she is busy building new relationshipsādiscovering healing dance with her lover, a barista in a North Beach coffee shop; learning to understand Time and forgiveness with an elderly client; and even getting to know her father, a man who has never been a part of her life. Poetic and poignant, The Laundress is a coming-of-age story for anyone whoās ever sought to understand where they came from in order to figure out who theyāre meant to become.
This book title, The Laundress (A Novel), ISBN: 9781631526794, by Barbara Sapienza, published by She Writes Press (May 19, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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