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978-1-878177-05-6
1-878177-05-2
$14.95 hardcover
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
238 pages
Bandit Books
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A young son and inertia are
the only things holding the Davenports together. Drew sees Charlotte as
the pretty but vain waif he rescued from destitution only to have her
turn into a modern day Madame Bovary. Charlotte, recovering from a nose
job, sees Drew as a weak, line-towing, pipe dreamer who has somehow held
her back from certain success.
They take their crumbling
marriage for a holiday on Deanorth Island on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina. Drew chose this tiny fishing village because he fantasizes
about becoming a commercial fisherman, an ambition Charlotte mocks.
Charlotte and their son Kevin had hoped for a fun-packed Myrtle Beach
vacation.
When their cottage turns out
to be a dilapidated efficiency let by Mrs. Layton, a chain-smoking,
cantankerous woman who hates tourists, Drew immediately wants to bail
out. But Charlotte says no. She can't resist watching Drew flounder in
his self-imposed catastrophe.
They become intertwined in
the lives of Mrs. Layton's family: Sharon, her hard-cased, pot-smoking
daughter and her son Cecil, a big-hearted but alcoholic fisherman who
tends to play the island yahoo for tourists. At first Drew is thrilled
to be around such colorful people, but after a few mishaps, a blistering
sunburn, and open hostility from everyone except Cecil, Drew becomes
disenchanted with the harsh fishing trade. Charlotte, on the other hand,
becomes fast friends with Sharon and seems to be getting along
swimmingly with the locals.
When Drew notices that his
wife is smitten with Cecil, he decides that this may be his best
opportunity to unload her. His scheme evolves just as Cecil becomes bent
on taking Drew on the fishing trip of his life, come hell and
high water.
about the author
Jennifer FitzSimons grew up in Rodanthe, North Carolina, and
Warrenton, Virginia. She graduated from Western Carolina University
where she studied Anthropology and French. She then lived in Chapel Hill
and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she co-authored Triad
Hauntings and served as associate editor for the Crescent
Review. She currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin.
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