How We Came to Be
Johnnie Bernhard
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Description
Fifty-year-old Karen Anders, a high school English teacher and the adoptive mother of Tiffany, comes to terms with being a single-parent and a clumsy drunk in the multicultural melting pot of Houston, Texas, as she forges an unlikely friendship with Leona Supak, a WWII Hungarian refugee, who inspires Karen to change her views on motherhood, drinking, and men.
Karen's teaching job provides an ongoing challenge with low scoring students and a lack of support from school administrators. Meanwhile, Tiffany moves to Austin to attend the University of Texas, but soon neglects her academic life when she meets a gamer boyfriend and begins a job at the Ink & Juice, a tattoo parlor-juicing bar. Tiffany hides the truth of her new life from Karen through a text-only relationship. Feeling rejected, Karen explores the paradox of romance for the middle-aged. Despite the challenges, a family unit comes together inspired by strangers and second chances in How We Came to Be.
Product Details
| Publisher | Texas Review Press |
| Publish Date | June 23, 2022 |
| Pages | 226 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781680032864 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches | 0.6 pounds |
About the Author
A former teacher and journalist, JOHNNIE BERNHARD's work has appeared in University of Michigan Graduate Studies Publications, Heart of Ann Arbor Magazine, Houston Style Magazine, Southern WritersMagazine, The Texas Review, and Southern Literary Review. She is the author of the novels Sisters of the Undertow, A Good Girl, and How We Came to Be.
Reviews
"How We Came to Be by Johnnie Bernhard is a masterpiece of genuine emotions, disappointments, and dreams. I read it in one sitting and loved it."
--Charlie Spillers, bestselling author of Confessions of An Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls and the Toll of a Double Lif
"In How We Came to Be, Bernhard delivers a poignant exploration of life as a modern American woman. This complex story examines the many emotional layers of relationships, mothering, sisterhood, and the eternal search for self-worth in a society obsessed with the superficial."
--Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Perennials.
"Johnnie Bernhard's heartfelt, honest storytelling and believable characters bring life to this warm and witty family drama."
--Tracy Carr, Director, Mississippi Center for the Book
"With How We Came to Be, Johnnie Bernhard stakes out her rightful place among the most talented and unique voices writing today."
--Allen Mendenhall, Editor, Southern Literary Review
--Charlie Spillers, bestselling author of Confessions of An Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls and the Toll of a Double Lif
"In How We Came to Be, Bernhard delivers a poignant exploration of life as a modern American woman. This complex story examines the many emotional layers of relationships, mothering, sisterhood, and the eternal search for self-worth in a society obsessed with the superficial."
--Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Perennials.
"Johnnie Bernhard's heartfelt, honest storytelling and believable characters bring life to this warm and witty family drama."
--Tracy Carr, Director, Mississippi Center for the Book
"With How We Came to Be, Johnnie Bernhard stakes out her rightful place among the most talented and unique voices writing today."
--Allen Mendenhall, Editor, Southern Literary Review
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