Books Details
Author : Christine Wade Pages : 352 pages Publisher : Atria Books Language :
eng ISBN-10 : 13547514-seven-locks ISBN-13 : 9781451674705
Books Descriptions
Set in the Catskills on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Seven Locks is a spare,
haunting, and beautifully written debut for readers who loved The Story of
Edgar Sawtelle.In the years before the American Revolution, a woman?s
husband mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning her and her
children on their farm at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. At first many
believe that the farm wife, who has the reputation of being a scold, has driven
her husband away. But as the strange circumstances of his disappearance
circulate, a darker story begins to unfold, sending the lost man's wife on a
desperate journey to find the means and self-reliance to ensure her family?s
survival.Inspired by a famous American folktale, Seven Locks is an ambitious
and poignant exploration of family love, secrets, and misunderstandings, and of
the inner and outer lives of the American frontier at the end of the eigtheenth
century.In this lyrical and complex book, which opens with a mystery and ends
