![]() ![]() The writing style is lyrical, tending toward the fractured: “He’d be careful with this one. The latest work from playwright and novelist Skinner ( The Bells of Moses Henry, 2011, etc.) is somewhat reminiscent of a Tennessee Williams Southern gothic tale, with haunting pasts and fierce ambitions, but transplanted to foggy Northern California. But Lulu herself has a troubled history that she can’t run from-and a desire to hold this land at all costs. She suspects Sam of coming to kill her uncle on the orders of Angus’ no-good brother, Frank. ![]() ![]() And that lion may not be the most dangerous predator around, or so Angus’ niece Lulu thinks. They aren’t the only ones there, as a mountain lion has been terrorizing the area recently. A novel about secrets, betrayals, and love revolves around a fight for land.Īs ex-professor Angus Willis explains, the bit of Northern California coast he calls home is special, with a Mediterranean climate and “one of the richest underwater canyons on Earth.” Or, as a stranger comes to realize, “If you could fall for a place this would be it.” This stranger-who goes by the name of Sam-rents a shack on the Willis property, which the family has held since 1911. ![]()
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