Synopsis One woman's environmental crusade makes her unpopular with the locals in this novel by the bestselling author of THE SUMMER I DARED. Novelist Annie Barnes returns to the hometown she loathes, Middle River, whose goings-on were famously chronicled in Grace Metalious's notorious novel, PEYTON PLACE. Like Grace, Annie is engaged in digging up scandal, but her concerns have nothing to do with the local sexual peccadilloes; rather, Annie wants to know if the emissions from the local paper mill caused her mother's death and her sister's illness.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-07-19 |
| Size | | Length: | 368 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Publisher's Note The death of her mother brings award-winning nonfiction writer Annie Barnes back to the New Hampshire mill town of her youth to investigate the pollution caused by the local paper mill, a contamination that may have been the cause of her mother's fatal illness and that many in the town do not want publicized.
Industry Reviews "High-grade romance energized by environmental awareness: not a toxic mix." Kirkus (05/15/2005)
"Readers with an appetite for light fare will find all the right ingredients--romance, mystery, suspense, sisterly rivalry and a thoroughly happy ending." Publishers Weekly (05/23/2005)
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