Clear Skies Deep Water

<p><b>A memoir about loss restoration and finding home on a lake in western New York.</b></p><p>After a year of devastating personal and financial loss Beth Peyton and her husband Jeff moved to the hamlet of Maple Springs New York on Chautauqua Lake to pick up the pieces of their lives certain to be in a place that they loved and certain of nothing else. As they worked to restore a neglected old house the community the beauty of the lake and the old-fashioned sensibility of the place comforted them. While Peyton's story traces the couple's progress toward recovery it also includes tales of the silly colorful and warm characters who became their neighbors and friends. Whether it's the mystery of Emil and Betty's lost blue plate dead bodies in the water or memories of karaoke at the Village Casino <i>Clear Skies Deep Water</i> is a testament to the healing power of rituals friendships the beauty of the natural world and the possibility of grace. Filled with nostalgia about an America that has slipped or is slipping away it will resonate with anyone who has searched for meaning and home.</p>