Love is a Rebellious Bird
SANTA YNEZ, California – In her bold fiction, Elayne Klasson dives into what it means to sacrifice everything you’ve ever known for a chance at happiness. Love is a Rebellious Bird (She Writes Press, November 12, 2019) follows Judith, a smart and strong woman, who is driven to pursue a man she has loved since childhood. Klasson brings forth the challenging questions of who is it we love and why do we love these people from the perspective of a woman who’s lived with these questions for six decades. Toward the end of her life, Judith asks these questions, trying to understand why she chose Elliot Pine to love. Why, for sixty years, did she persist in loving someone who never gave as much as he was given? In her quest for understanding, she writes her story to this exceptional man. Meeting as children in Chicago, they move to opposite coasts. Elliot embarks on a remarkable legal career in Washington and New York while after tragedy, Judith raises her children alone in Californ...