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 explora temas que expanden los límites de la experiencia humana, desde la resiliencia personal hasta las tensiones dentro de las instituciones correccionales. Su estilo de escritura, informado por su extensa trayectoria como periodista y educadora en entornos desfavorecidos, ofrece una aguda perspectiva sobre personajes que navegan la adversidad. A través de sus narrativas, Sullivan profundiza en la fuerza de la resistencia y las complejidades de la conexión humana, situando a menudo sus historias cerca del agua, brindando a los lectores una experiencia profundamente resonante.



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