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Juniper Tree Burning

A Novel

By: Goldberry Long

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Paperback | 2 July 2002

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464 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 2.79

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Juniper Tree Burning hates her name. It represents all she despises: her hippie mother, Faith, and meandering father, Ray, who she can''t possibly please; her sick baby brother, Sunny Boy Blue, who she can''t possibly save; and the raw poverty of her parents'' ''back to nature'' New Mexican home. Juniper escapes them all, to turn herself into someone new: Jennie. Jennie becomes a fierce, intelligent woman who refuses to be trapped by anything or anyone, even her seemingly perfect new husband can''t get too close. Then one night the police call - Sunny has leaped off a Seattle ferry. ''Abducting'' her best friend, Jennie flees New Mexico for Seattle, retracing the final steps of her brother, and the same path travelled by generations of her family. Along the way, Jennie confronts the familial tapestry of betrayal and loss, stories she has rejected or embraced as she created her new self. Only by reconsidering this history can Jennie face her anger and grief, her guilt at her brother''s suicide, and her own greatest challenge, accepting love.

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Janet Maslin The New York Times Passionate...vibrant...[written] with rich, rueful, hard-won wisdom...[a] big, fiery howl of a book...powerful.

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Fiction Historical Fiction Sagas Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Prologue: The Edge of the World	p. 11
Auspicious Beginnings	p. 13
Sunny's Wedding Toast	p. 15
The Backwards Boy	p. 20
Broken Water	p. 26
Saved	p. 35
Sunny's Wedding Present	p. 39
Treasured Memories	p. 49
The Day the Piano Came	p. 51
Cinderella	p. 57
Quetzalcoatl	p. 66
Twenty-four Hours to Forever	p. 79
Blame It on God (The Year of Signs)	p. 86
The Name Game	p. 102
Along Came a Spider	p. 106
True Family History	p. 114
Whirlwind	p. 122
Incurable Ailments	p. 133
The Fireplace	p. 135
Ever After	p. 144
The Day the World Cracked Open	p. 149
Interior Decoration	p. 166
In Chimayo	p. 173
Bruises	p. 183
Culprits	p. 196
Rescue	p. 201
Leaving Cheyenne	p. 211
The Ocean	p. 215
Search for Cures	p. 221
The Ugly Chick Rides Again	p. 223
Safety	p. 230
Grudge Bet	p. 242
The Happy Ending	p. 246
North	p. 254
The Other Side of the Mountain	p. 261
Thunderstorm	p. 270
Heartbroken Henry	p. 274
Failures	p. 287
My Baby Brother, the Genius	p. 289
Blind	p. 296
White Knight	p. 308
Fatherless	p. 319
A Little Like Prayer	p. 334
Well-Laid Plans	p. 341
Hard-Hearted Maggie	p. 343
Cures	p. 347
Dive	p. 354
The Gingerbread House	p. 367
Wind	p. 375
Capricorn	p. 381
Escape	p. 387
A Liar and a Thief	p. 389
The Land of Mad	p. 395
What Santa Brought	p. 400
Prince Charming	p. 409
Night	p. 416
The Woodsman	p. 426
The Dreamer, Waking	p. 429
Empathy	p. 431
Russia	p. 439
Writing on the Wall	p. 443
There Will Never Be Six	p. 449
The Beginning of the World	p. 452
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Juniper Tree Burning

A Novel

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Industry Reviews

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