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SWEET CONSTANCE

$22.95

After the death of her daughter and the end of her marriage, Connie Sweet  sells a portion of her farm and forestland to be made into a vineyard. She needs the money, but as she watches the platting, the fencing, and the logging, she begins to understand that the forest never really belonged to her; she belonged to it. Devastated by the loss, she teams with a friend’s troubled nephew to survey the life of the land before it’s gone forever, but her increasing recklessness risks more than she ever imagined.

After the death of her daughter and the end of her marriage, Connie Sweet  sells a portion of her farm and forestland to be made into a vineyard. She needs the money, but as she watches the platting, the fencing, and the logging, she begins to understand that the forest never really belonged to her; she belonged to it. Devastated by the loss, she teams with a friend’s troubled nephew to survey the life of the land before it’s gone forever, but her increasing recklessness risks more than she ever imagined.

Praise for SWEET CONSTANCE

This book took me back to the woods of the Pacific Northwest of my childhood! Carlsen has a gift for making the environment come alive and crafting a beautiful story around the meaning of home. I highly recommend this read!

ANINA E.

 

About JANE CARLSEN

Jane Carlsen writes fiction and poetry deeply rooted in her decades-long yoga practice and thirty years as a shepherd and timberland steward in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley. Her work has appeared in Windfall Press, Paper Gardens, Clinton Street Quarterly, and Oregon Magazine. Bridging her creative and scientific interests, Carlsen’s yoga research has been published in academic journals including Neurology and The International Journal of Yoga Therapy. Sweet Constance, her debut novel, weaves together her intimate knowledge of the land with profound questions of belonging and stewardship. Since her move to Portland, Jane can usually be found with dirt under her fingernails, rewilding the vacant lot next door.

  • Genre: Fiction

    ISBN: 978-1-963115-44-4

    Publication Date: August 5, 2025

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