Navigating the complexities of middle age, Nancy Nau Sullivan faces the daunting task of caring for two children while managing her father's declining health and coping with her mother's death. Amidst a contentious divorce and sibling rivalries, tensions escalate when her siblings accuse her of "kidnapping" their father. As they seek refuge in Florida during Hurricane Josephine, Sullivan shares her journey through chaos, providing a humorous and relatable perspective on the challenges of family dynamics and unexpected life changes.
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Nancy Nau Sullivan sa vo svojej tvorbe zaoberá témami skúmajúcimi hranice ľudskej skúsenosti, od osobného uzdravenia po napätie väzenského života. Jej štýl písania, ktorý čerpá z jej rozsiahlych skúseností ako novinárky a učiteľky v prostredí s obmedzenými zdrojmi, ponúka prenikavý pohľad na postavy čeliace nepriazni osudu. Prostredníctvom svojich príbehov Sullivanová skúma silu odolnosti a zložitosť ľudských vzťahov, často zasadených do malebných pobrežných prostredí, čo čitateľom poskytuje hlboko rezonujúci čitateľský zážitok.



Blanche "Bang" Murninghan, a part-time journalist struggling with writer's block, enjoys her peaceful life on Santa Maria Island until land-grabbing tycoons from Chicago threaten her beachfront cottage. As her idyllic existence is disrupted, she grapples with the chaos that ensues, leading to a whirlwind of unexpected challenges and revelations.
Blanche "Bang" Murningham was perfectly content sitting on the dock of the Peel 'N Eat Pier on Santa Maria Island, sipping an excellent draft and wiggling her fishing pole after an exclusive sheepshead. Perfectly content, that is until Jean McMahon appears at her side and forever disrupts Blanche's peaceful idyll with ghosts of the past. Blanche's amateur sleuthing skills have become local legend, and Jean needs her help. It's no a simple favor Jean asks--will Blanche go to Vietnam with her and look for Jean's mother? Blanche feels an old wound rip open in her heart. Her father was killed in Vietnam, and she's never gotten much history from her beloved grandmother and mother on the subject. She realizes she and Jean share a powerful bond--they both want the truth. --from page [4] of cover