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Flood Stage -- A Novel

Kate Scannell

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Description:Torrential rains pour into Thalburg Canyon, California. When they overfill the Baptista River, a flood threatens the community and the interconnected stories of the canyon residents are acted out on center stage. A paralyzed woman, exhausted by her life, plans an opportune death in the flood. A young boy is transformed after his mother salvages his amputated finger from the riverbank. Couples drift together and apart over old affairs and insurance coverage mistakes. A man burdened by a toxic secret struggles for atonement as the flood encroaches upon his final opportunity for redemption. These and other stories portray a series of unique personal histories caught up in a universal human drama. This review for: Flood Stage -- A Novel (Paperback):Kate Scannell brings to life the diverse characters in Flood Stage in a way that allowed me to inhabit their hearts and minds. As a white male elder it may seem obvious that I can clearly relate to the tormented Bill Dunleavy for past misdeeds. It is much less apparent that I can understand and feel what it might be like to spend an adult lifetime wheel chair bound, as does Bill's childhood sweetheart Maddy Bertolli. Now I can. The setting is a small and remote northern California town under evacuation from a flood that will destroy its houses, farms and businesses. In twenty interconnected stories Kate takes us in clear and economical prose through the triumphs and disappointments, the loves and the heartbreaks, of the inhabitants' lives. She unpeels the misunderstandings that put relationships and marriages in peril, whether from the viewpoint of an adolescent youth or an Indian dentist. I began to understand what it might be like to be an African American woman in a largely white town enduring well-meaning but obtuse comments and questions. I read the book in two evenings and now come back to it to savor its many insights. Buy it and read it. It has enriched my life and I believe it will enrich yours. –Lance ReynoldsThis novel is written by physician and newspaper columnist Kate Scannell, whose prior work has included the memoir, “Death of the Good Doctor – Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic.”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Flood Stage -- A Novel. To get started finding Flood Stage -- A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Torrential rains pour into Thalburg Canyon, California. When they overfill the Baptista River, a flood threatens the community and the interconnected stories of the canyon residents are acted out on center stage. A paralyzed woman, exhausted by her life, plans an opportune death in the flood. A young boy is transformed after his mother salvages his amputated finger from the riverbank. Couples drift together and apart over old affairs and insurance coverage mistakes. A man burdened by a toxic secret struggles for atonement as the flood encroaches upon his final opportunity for redemption. These and other stories portray a series of unique personal histories caught up in a universal human drama. This review for: Flood Stage -- A Novel (Paperback):Kate Scannell brings to life the diverse characters in Flood Stage in a way that allowed me to inhabit their hearts and minds. As a white male elder it may seem obvious that I can clearly relate to the tormented Bill Dunleavy for past misdeeds. It is much less apparent that I can understand and feel what it might be like to spend an adult lifetime wheel chair bound, as does Bill's childhood sweetheart Maddy Bertolli. Now I can. The setting is a small and remote northern California town under evacuation from a flood that will destroy its houses, farms and businesses. In twenty interconnected stories Kate takes us in clear and economical prose through the triumphs and disappointments, the loves and the heartbreaks, of the inhabitants' lives. She unpeels the misunderstandings that put relationships and marriages in peril, whether from the viewpoint of an adolescent youth or an Indian dentist. I began to understand what it might be like to be an African American woman in a largely white town enduring well-meaning but obtuse comments and questions. I read the book in two evenings and now come back to it to savor its many insights. Buy it and read it. It has enriched my life and I believe it will enrich yours. –Lance ReynoldsThis novel is written by physician and newspaper columnist Kate Scannell, whose prior work has included the memoir, “Death of the Good Doctor – Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic.”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Flood Stage -- A Novel. To get started finding Flood Stage -- A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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