Bibliograph

Under a dark summer sky, a novel, Vanessa Lafaye

Type

Label

Under a dark summer sky, a novel, Vanessa Lafaye

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Under a dark summer sky

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Vanessa Lafaye

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Under a Dark Summer Sky is a stunning debut novel, at once a love story set in a time of great turmoil and a vivid depiction of a major natural disaster. Florida, 1935. In Heron Key, relationships are as tangled as the swamp's mangrove roots. It's been eighteen long years since Henry went away to war. Still, Missy has waited, cleaning the Kincaids' house and counting the stars. Now he's back, but she barely recognizes the desperate, destitute veteran he's become - unsure of his future, ashamed of his past. When a white woman is found beaten nearly to death after the Fourth of July barbecue, suspicion falls on him immediately. As tensions rise in the small community, the barometer starts to plummet - a massive hurricane is on its way. Based on real historical events,Under a Dark Summer Sky evokes what happens when people, sweating under the weight of their pasts, are tested to the absolute limits of their endurance

Target audience

adult

Classification