The Twelve O’Clock Bus

About the Book

The landscape of the 1932 Connecticut farm is bleak and rocky. farm animals furrowed parched grass. To this lonely place the State brought an unclaimed child, without a past or conceivably a present. But Zara, who has been abused and used for the purpose of others, is determined to control her own destiny. Scenes showing the tender growth of love between a woman and a child, or a college boy corralling a wild pig, or a barbaric barn dance, are unforgettable. But at the contentious State convention, Zara discovers the secret that will give her powers she has never imagined. Set against the background of small-town politics, “12 O’Clock Bus” is an amazing and beautifully written book the reader will not forget.

About the Author

Adrienne Wolfert was seven when she began her biography by writing her first sentence on the blackboard and has been writing ever since. Adrienne, Barnard ‘45, was poetry editor for Poet Lore for 7 years, short story editor for “At Home & Abroad”, author of 5 novels and 3 poetry books. The Connecticut Commission on the Arts awarded her its Artist’s prize twice for her novels. An exchange writer between the VCCA and Peredelkino, Russia, her work is recorded in the Library of Congress. Parts of “Twelve O’Clock Bus” were published in “North American Review”. Meanwhile she became mother, grandmother and great grandmother of some astonishing people.