Sunday's Child Author:Joyce Bright In her youth Kate Ashbourne was a runner with world-class talent -- but never truly proved herself against her peers. Twenty-four years later, she has one last chance if she can finish high enough in the Sacramento Marathon, she will qualify for the Olympic Trials where she can at least run with the best. Knowing she must have optimum training a... more »nd preparation, Kate enlists the support of her closest friend, Angie Mandelli, who is expending her considerable energies and obsessive fury at the rapist who is terrorizing Sacramento. The grueling, pitiless demands of top flight athletics transform both women. Angie discovers in herself new levels of determination -- and a rich depth of loving in her mercurial lesbian nature. Kate looks at her destructive family and tangled past with new eyes... and at her feeling for Angie with totally altered perception. As Kate and Angie grow in their strength in power, the marathon looms larger and larger an importance. But the homicidal path of the rapist is moving inexorably closer to the two women...
Sunday's Child is a compelling love story that will grip you with its intelligence and passion, will shock you with its unexpected event. Sunday's Child infuses new meaning into the beauty of women's athletics and women's potential for excellence.« less