![]() ![]() It was with a strong sense of kinship that I read Seasons of the Heart. Seasons of the Heart is the deeply personal story of an ordinary woman, told in an extraordinary way. There, she found herself in every season of her life a dreamy child, entranced by fairies and magic an adolescent, embroiled in turbulent romances a busy young wife and mother a heartsick divorcee a remarried, middle aged housewife, watching children leave the nest and then, as a grief stricken mother, struggling to cling to sanity after the murder of her youngest child. That task seemed formidable until she began to leaf through those notebooks. Generations of readers who grew up on Lois Duncan books have been urging her to write her autobiography. Renowned as a novelist, she kept her poetry notebooks tucked away in a drawer like a secret vice. Edwards Award, presented by the American Library Association for an outstanding contribution to literature for young adults. Since then, Lois has written hundreds of magazine articles and forty eight books. At ten, she began submitting her poetry to magazines. ![]() ![]() From early childhood, Lois chronicled events of her life in verse. Few people know she has led a secret second life as a poet. Lois Duncan is known for award winning suspense novels, such as I Know What You Did Last Summer. ![]()
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