Good Harbor April 20, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , trackbackI started a new book today while I was exercising called "Good Harbor". I remember this book was politely panned in the Boston Globe when it came out. The author only has one other work of fiction, and it was amazing. However, she had good background material! (ok- in doing the link search I found she has a new book out as of 8/05)
As I was reading this book, I was immediately drawn in. First, the two main characters are Jewish; one from birth, one from conversion. Secondly, they are both mothers. Thirdly, one of the characters went through fertility treatments to have her 12 year old daughter. The other character has lost a child.
As the one character is exploring her relationship with her daughter, I am compelled to think about Soleil and Luna in 8 years. Soleil will be 12, Luna 10. Will Soleil shut us out? Will she be a "typical teen?" Will Luna be hurt by her sister’s need for isolation? Will I keep my cool when she goes hormonal on us? And when Luna reaches that phase, will Soleil help her? Or will the house just be full of three hormonal women?
Soleil gives us glimpses of the future. She is very testy and has always been. She will run off to her room and shut the door to have alone time. We have told her this is fine. I usually stop by and talk to her to see if she is ok, and we have a heart to heart. But this is so not 4 year old behavior (ok, she’ll be 4 in July). Our cousin who has an 18 year old and a 12 year old (both girls) told us that the behaviors you see as toddlers come back when they hit the teen years.
Luna is still to young to gage. She has this happy-go-lucky attitude that I can barely understand. I wonder how she will be as her personality really emerges in the 2-3 year old phase (ok, she’ll be 2 in June)
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