A Certain Slant of Light: A Novel

At the heart of Cynthia Thayers debut novel Strong for Potatoes was the tender relationship between a girl and her grandfather constantly evolving as their lives grew and changed. Now in Thayers second novel she tackles another kind of relationship one between strangers.. Peter lost his wife and children in a fire years ago yet the wounds are still as fresh as if it happened yesterday. Hes turned into something of a hermit in a cabin on the coast of Maine shearing sheep and gardening to live an old Passamaquoddy woman his only friend. Elaine is eight months pregnant and on the run from her husband a hard man more interested in control than love. Fear is simply a part of her life fear for herself and her unborn child.. When Elaine turns up outside Peters cabin during one of Maines worst winter storms in years Peter cant turn her away into the ice. Holed up together in his one-room home the two troubled lonely adults clash then slowly discover that friendship support and healing can come in the most unlikely places.