E Deschambeault

Turn Left at the Daisies E Deschambeault

Turn Left at the Daisies: A Memoir

When Ann became pregnant in 1960, her family wanted to hide her away in a home for unwed mothers. Ann refused, embarking on a voyage of secrecy and also one of discovery. She and her lover, Joseph, attempted to understand who they were and who they would become, especially difficult questions to answer given their religious differences and the anger of their families. Eventually, they released their baby son to adoption, Ann vowing to find him.

E. Deschambeault's Turn Left at the Daisies is a look into a not-so-distant past that is still very different in spirit from today. Throughout it all, Deschambeault weaves New England in as another character.

Years after the adoption, Ann found her son, and what happened next--the foundation of a lasting friendship--became a shocking twist in a sharply honest rumination on love and marriage, parenting, and advice, regret and redemption.