Where the Wind Blows

by Hope Andersen

"No 'buts.' It is just where the wind blows you. None of us is exempt from the highs or the lows. The key is to ride the flow."
As the tides begin to settle after her ex-husband's unexpected passing, Helen Ferry feels ready to dive into her new life. Her relationship with her daughter, Grace, has continued to blossom, and she is settling into her role as grandmother to baby Frankie. However, when someone new-charming Welshman Gerard Ferguson-becomes more central in her life, she begins, once again, to question her decisions. Her insecurities are assuaged by her dear friend Sylvia, whose wisdom helps steer Helen through her voyage of rediscovery. But even when the skies ahead look clear, Helen's thoughts continue to How deep do her feelings for Gerard run? Is she worthy of his love? And is she ready to set sail on this new adventure?

198 pages, Paperback

Published May 3, 2022

About the author

Hope Andersen is a graduate of Wellesley College (B.A) and Yale Divinity School (M.A.R.). She wrote her first novel at the age of 60. In her early career as a writer, she studied fiction writing with Andre Dubus and poetry with Derek Walcott, and published both stories and poems. She was awarded the Wellesley College Playwriting Award for her one-act play Room, which was produced at the Lyric Stage, Boston. Ms. Andersen served as a teaching assistant for George Garrett at the Stone Coast Writer’s Conference in Maine. She has worked intermittently over the years as a newspaper critic, a ghostwriter, an editor, a teacher, and a screenwriter. A native New Englander, she now lives in North Carolina with her husband Thom. They have three grown children, two dogs, a cat and a fish. She is currently at work on a young adult novel titled An Accidental Thief.