When Mom Came to Visit
Carrier, Pierre A fictional novel about a middle-aged single mother from Boston who becomes a homeless victim of the changes brought about by Covid-19. Estranged from her wealthy mother and destitute, Catherine by chance sees an ad posted by a community in the Berkshires offering free food and lodgings in exchange for work in a modern monastic setting banning firearms, drugs and hard alcohol. She and her teenaged son take a chance to leave the outer world beh...