Open Doors
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Family is complicated. Love isn't.
Acclaimed artist Elaine Gordon can't believe her loving husband is gone. After a lifetime spent utterly devoted to her soul mate and their marriage, Elaine is now tetherless, faced with widowhood and all the decisions that come with it, not least of which is what to do with her rambling, now-empty family home.
Anxious to console their mother in her time of grief, Elaine's four grown children urge her to put everything on hold and spend some healing time with them. But visiting each unique and complicated child opens Elaine's eyes to the fact that the children she raised have become adults she hardly knows: Sarah, who abandoned Western life for an orthodox enclave in Jerusalem; Lisa, Sarah's accomplished twin and polar opposite, who will do anything for a child of her own; Peter, trapped in a hollow marriage in California; and Denis, the youngest, who just wants Elaine to accept his gay lifestyle.
As Elaine tries to bridge the physical and emotional miles, her eyes are opened to the startling truths of her own family, and what she must do to come to terms with her kids' livesand a future that's completely, wonderfully hers.
Gloria Goldreich
Gloria Goldreich is the critically acclaimed author of several novels, including The Bridal Chair (Sourcebooks 2015), Open Doors (Mira 2008), Dinner With Anna Karenina (Mira 2006), Walking Home (Mira 2005), and Leah's Journey (Harcourt 1978), which won the National Jewish Book Award. Her most recent title, After Melanie, is also available from Severn House, and her stories have appeared in numerous magazines.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Elaine Gordon's husband Neil, a psychiatrist, suddenly drops dead of an aneurysm, Elaine is devastated by the loss. She sets out to discover a new relationship with her four adult children, while at the same time finding solace in her art. She is a skilled and creative ceramicist whose works are in demand around the country. From her home in Westchester, NY she travels to the homes of each son and daughter for extended visits: with Sarah, mother of four and living in an Orthodox community in Jerusalem; with Peter, a driven movie producer in LA whose marriage is in jeopardy; with Lisa, Sarah's twin, a successful physician desperate to adopt a child; and with Denis, a gay lawyer living with his partner in Santa Fe. Observing their lives at close range, sharing their pains and joys, intervening when necessary to help them deal with personal crises, she rediscovers a bond with her children and grandchildren. In the process, new experiences and new sights give her renewed inspiration for her art. In "Open Doors," author Gloria Goldreich gives us a sensitive, finely wrought portrait of a strong woman who surmounts the tragedy of death to rededicate herself to life.