Praised as “utterly convincing and beautifully sensual,” Lenore Hart's debut novel Waterwoman perfectly captured the shimmering dimensions of relationships-among families and between lovers. Now, she moves into different territory-into the heart of a girl just old enough to turn her life upside down…
In Ordinary Springs , Florida , all through the long six months of summer, what's real seems to shimmer and change in the steamy heat. It was that way for Dory Gamble the summer the strangers moved in next boor-the man thin and sick, dependent on his beautiful city-sophisticate wife. Dory and her father had always looked out for each other. Now, when she sees the way he looks at the new neighbor, Dory feels rage hot as the sidewalks at noon. She's been through one betrayal, when her mother left them both behind and hit the road. She's not about to sit around waiting for another one…
