Website featuring the Art Works of Gretchen Dumas
The Hummingbirds Nest” is a unique artistic collaboration between a mother and daughter, Helen Dumas, a writer and Gretchen Dumas, an artist. The book is a memoir by Helen who reflects on her life as seen through the prism of her relationship with her daughter, Gretchen, who is struggling with a life threatening illness. The daughter’s perspective is presented in short telephone conversations, which punctuate the mother’s recollections, as well as by her paintings and drawings, which are inserted throughout the book.