Seasons in Purdah by Anjuelle Floyd
What happens when the loss of your sight ignites a war between your two best friends? Such is the case for 35-year-old, psychologist, Sahel Ohin, involving her two friends from childhood, Titus Denning and Carl Pierson. That she marries Titus enrages the flames of a battle brewing between him and Carl. A treacherous surgical procedure, at its most successful, could restore Sahel's sight and her independence. At its worst she could die during the operation or be rendered permanently comatose. Sahel's husband, Titus, a cardiac surgeon, and fearful of losing her urges Sahel to forgo the operation and allow him to love and care for her. Aware of the risks, Sahel's neurosurgeon, Carl Pierson, believes Sahel's blindness has rendered her hostage to Titus's need for control. Caught in the middle, Sahel worries that she has become a burden. Despite her fears, she cannot fully relinquish of the possibility of regaining her sight, and returning to her passion of practicing psychotherapy. Seated at a table in the Masonic Ballroom on her first venture out since the accident, Sahel grows ever more anxious of how she will maneuver eating during the annual medical society dinner. Titus is to receive an award, Surgeon of the Year. Seconds later a friend introduces Sahel to James Bolton, a former San Francisco stockbroker. Holding tight to all he loved, James has lost everything. On the winter afternoon James stood in court, and received life imprisonment for a murder he did not commit, his fianc e ended her life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Though never having met, Sahel and James converse as if old friends reunited. Their souls mirror a familiarity that Sahel cannot explain. During dinner Sahel accidentally spills water on her gown. James escorts her out onto the verandah. On matters settling, Sahel longs to see James's face, senses him about to kiss her. Surprisingly he asks, Do you believe... in life after death? Sahel's hesitancy at answering draws a shocking interpretation from James. She responds to a reply of silence. James has gone. Seasons in Purdah shows what happens when best friends become adults, and how among many things, life is but a series of choices, the consequences of which yield a drama that both weaves and unravels the knots binding our lives to those whom we love, and who cherish us. Not so often by the purposes of our actions, but rather through the integrity of our intent, life bestows grace leading us to redemption.
Anjuelle Floyd is a wife of thirty-two years, mother of three, abstract painter, and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in Mother-Daughter Relations and Dreams. She is the author of a collection of short stories, Keeper of Secrets ... Translations of an Incident (2007, ) and three novels, The House (2010, ) Seasons in Purdah (2012) and When the Drum Major Died (2014.) Anjuelle's short stories and novels turn on the dynamics of women for whom life challenges impel them to examine the flawed relationships with their mothers in an effort to improve connections and interactions with their husbands and intimates. Anjuelle's novel, The House (October 2010) earned recognition in two genre's of the 2011 Readers' Favorite Awards: Honorable in Christian Fiction, and Finalist in Dramatic Fiction. http: //readersfavorite.com/2011-award-contest-winners.htm A graduate of Duke University, she received her MA in Counseling Psychology from The California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. She has attended the Dominican Institute of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington. She has received certificates of participation from The Hurston-Wright Writers' Week and The Voices of Our Nations Writing Workshops. The Spring 2006 Issue of The Pitkin Review, literary journal of Goddard College MFA Program in Writing, lists, along with other works, Anjuelle's short story, The Kingdom of Heaven in the prose/fiction section. Anjuelle conducted the Master Fiction Class at the 2008 Winter Literary Festival hosted by The University of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, Texas. The 2008 Issue of Windhover, the literary journal of Mary Hardin-Baylor published, along with works by other writers, Anjuelle's short story, Eucharist, that Kaleidoscope Magazine, the journal for the United Disabilities Services subsequently featured in their July 2009 Issue. A student of Process Painting for the last decade, Anjuelle has participated in The Art of Living Black Exhibitions 2004-2014 held at the Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California. On January 9th, 2013, Anjuelle received the Jan Hart-Schuyers Award for her painting, Intimacy I, exhibited during the 2013 Exhibition of the Art of Living Black. Anjuelle was one of four authors who participated in the 20th Annual Berkeley/Oakland YWCA Festival of Women Authors, February 1, 2014.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780978796747 |
| ISBN 10 | 0978796748 |
| Title | Seasons in Purdah |
| Author | Anjuelle Floyd |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | NOJ Publications |
| Year published | 2012-01-24 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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