Victoria Hand
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From the Back Cover
'Cattails for Sophie' is a coming of age story, a heartwarming tale of friendship, and a provocative love story all woven into on
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Tori and Sophie have been friends for what seems like forever. The story follows them from their childhood in a blue-collar suburb of Chicago during the 1960s to adulthood. Tori's father is an uncontrollable drunk while her mother struggles to make ends meet for her children. Family life is not easy on Tori, but she can always count on Sophie for laughter and adventure.
As the girls mature, the each experience love, loss, poverty, prosperity, heartache and joy, but through it all they remain close, always sharing each other's secrets. Tori endures several relationships and a failed marriage before she finds her true love, while Sophie is always carefree ad enjoys the single life.
As the two girls become women, they survive personal and professional challenges until they are faced with an emotional and life-threatening situation. The choices each woman makes for the other demonstrates the true meaning of friendship and life-long devotion. 'Cattails for Sophie' brings many smiles and more than a few tears while the reader follows these two remarkable women on their journey through life.
About the Author
Victoria Hand currently serves on the Board of Directors of Washington Memory Gardens, Inc., and served as the CFO from 1972 to 1992. She holds a doctorate in Economics and commerce, Honoris Causa, and is a member of numerous associations that have involvement in the Remembrance industry.
She presently resides in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. This is her first novel.
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