Bodies of Water In Billie Valentine is a young housewife living in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb treading water in a dull marriage and caring for two adopted daughters Summers spent with the girls at their lak
In 1960, Billie Valentine is a young housewife living in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb, treading water in a dull marriage and caring for two adopted daughters Summers spent with the girls at their lakeside camp in Vermont are her one escape from her husband s demands, from days consumed by household drudgery, and from the nagging suspicion that life was supposed to holdIn 1960, Billie Valentine is a young housewife living in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb, treading water in a dull marriage and caring for two adopted daughters Summers spent with the girls at their lakeside camp in Vermont are her one escape from her husband s demands, from days consumed by household drudgery, and from the nagging suspicion that life was supposed to hold something different.Then a new family moves in across the street Ted and Eva Wilson have three children and a fourth on the way, and their arrival reignites long buried feelings in Billie The affair that follows offers a solace Billie has never known, until her secret is revealed and both families are wrenched apart in the tragic aftermath.Fifty years later, Ted and Eva s son, Johnny, contacts an elderly but still spry Billie, entreating her to return east to meet with him Once there, Billie finally learns the surprising truth about what was lost, and what still remains, of those joyful, momentous summers.In this deeply tender novel, T Greenwood weaves deftly between the past and present to create a poignant and wonderfully moving story of friendship, the resonance of memories, and the love that keeps us afloat.
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T. Greenwood
T Greenwood is the author of twelve novels She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and, most recently, the Maryland State Arts Council She has won three San Diego Book Awards Five of her novels have been BookSense76 IndieBound picks BODIES OF WATER was finalist for a Lambda Foundation award Her twelfth novel, RUST STARDUST, will be published in August 2018.She teaches creative writing for San Diego Writer s Ink and online for The Writer s Center She and her husband, Patrick, live in San Diego, CA with their two daughters She is also a photographer.More information on T Greenwood can be found at her websites tgreenwood and ephemerafiles