MN Writer Kathleen West's New Novel Is Home Or Away

Kathleen West is the MN author of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes, Are We there Yet, and her third, new novel Home Or Away which centers around Leigh and Susy, one time friends competing for a spot on the Olympic Women’s Hockey Team, Leigh’s sure fire plan to make the team backfires and she turns her back on her friend and the sport she loved. 20 years later she and her family return to Minnesota so her son Gus can play hockey and the move reopens memories and feelings about the past -– Leigh and Susy share a tenuous reunion, and she must also deal with her former coach who propositioned her for her failed spot on the Olympic Hockey Team all those years ago. Leigh must tend to unhealed wounds from her past as well as her rocky relationship with her husband to be able to move on. Kathleen West excels at bringing to life complex relationships and characters who speak, think and act authentically.