Beautifully expressing adolescent uncertainties and yearnings, this intimate novel will draw readers who, like Kate, have big hearts and big dreams. 'Gloria Whelan offers a warm, believable picture of a blind child as she takes her first. She is the author of dozens of books for young readers, including Goodbye, Vietnam Hannah and Next Spring an Oriole. After giving up her scholarship to take care of him full-time, Kate embarks on a journey to discover the man who abandoned her, while wondering if her painting will ever measure up to his. This is Gloria Whelan's second Christian adult novel, filled with political intrigue and a quest for the truth that takes a family from the political inferno of Central America to the snowy woodlands of northern Michigan. Gloria Whelan won a National Book Award in 2000 for her novel Homeless Bird. Visit the Career Advice Hub to see tips on accelerating your career.
It doesn't come as a surprise that he is a reluctant host, but it is a shock for Kate to learn that her father is dying. Learn more about gloria whelans work experience, education, connections & more by. Despite her mother's misgivings, Kate arrives on his doorstep, hoping her father will take her in. Right now I see my mom as a painting by the artist de Kooning. Kate has not communicated with her father since he left the family more than a decade ago, but he's the only person she knows in Detroit, where she has won a scholarship to art school. GLORIA WHELAN See What I See For Paula Coppedge Contents Cover Title Page Chapter 1. In a modern drama of new beginnings and sad endings, National Book Award–winner Whelan (Homeless Bird) effectively contrasts the lives of two artists, the accomplished Dalton Quinn, who appears to care more about his work than people, and his less worldly, more compassionate daughter, Kate.
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