Ten Circles Upon the Pond: Reflections of a Prodigal Mother-Quality Guarantee

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A beautifully written collection of essays for anyone who’s ever lived in that unwieldygroup called family—a story that takes us from Iowa to the high country of Wyoming and Montana as a woman and her husband search for the perfect place to raise their five daughters and five sons.

Rootedin real-life experience, this unique essay collection of passion, intimacy, work, religion, puberty, love and loss, and the struggle to be steadfast in times of enormous social change readslike a novel—full of lively characters, spirited dialogue, and a landscape that takesyou from Iowa to the high country of Wyoming and Montana. As the chapters unfold,one focused on each child, Virginia Tranel and her husband search for the ideal placeto raise the five daughters and five sons born to them between 1957 and 1978.

Tranelartfully weaves daily moments with world events as she reflects on how our cultureaffects our offers candid observations on everything from her reproductivechoices and feminism’s influence on her thinking to sibling rivalries and her family’semotional response when an architect son emails firsthand reports of the horrorsof September 11. Whether considering the issues intrinsic to marriage and child-raising,or questioning her own common sense, her insights are always provocative and deeplymoving.