A hundred-year wind

the long version

"The sharp bite of nostalgia, the wars we fight against others and against ourselves, and the gentle heartbreaks and joys that sneak up on us with each passing year: these are the ingredients of life, and the heart of A Hundred-Year Wind. In these pages we encounter Donald, who experiences a fresh slap of isolation when he returns to school after the loss of his family ... We meet children who turn branches of oak trees into ships on waves of wind, and grandchildren who become 'an image on a computer screen talking to a camera'"--Amazon.com description.