Vigil Harbor

<b>From the National Book Award-winning bestselling author of <i>Three Junes </i>comes an engrossing richly drawn and exquisitely told story of small-town residents grappling with the difficulties of changing times (<i>People).</i></b><br><br><b>&#147;Full of secrets and surprises...A must-read.&#148;&#160;&#151;J. Courtney Sullivan author of <i>Friends and Strangers</i><br></b><br>When two unexpected visitors arrive in an insular coastal village they threaten the equilibrium of a community already confronting climate instability political violence and domestic upheavals.<br><br>A decade from now in the historic town of Vigil Harbor there is a rash of divorces among the yacht-club set a marine biologist despairs at the state of the world a spurned wife is bent on revenge and the renowned architect Austin Kepner pursues a passion for building homes designed to withstand the escalating fury of relentless storms. Austin&#146;s stepson Brecht has dropped out of college in New York and returned home after narrowly escaping one of the terrorist acts that like hurricanes have become increasingly common.<br><br>Then two strangers arrive: a stranded traveler with subversive charms and a widow seeking clues about a past lover with ties to Austin&#151;a woman who may have been more than merely human. These strangers and their hidden motives come together unexpectedly in an incident that endangers lives&#151;including Brecht&#146;s&#151;with dramatic repercussions for the entire town.<br><br><i>Vigil Harbor</i> reveals Julia Glass in all her virtuosity braiding multiple voices and dazzling strands of plot into a story where mortal longings and fears intersect with immortal mysteries of the deep as well as of the heart.