![]() In the process, she uncovers the story of an earlier owner of the house, Thatcher Greenwood, an idealistic science teacher caught between his young, socially ambitious wife and a growing friendship with his neighbor, the brilliant (real-life) naturalist, Mary Treat. Caught “between Scylla and Charybdis,” Willa applies to the local historical society for funds to literally keep the roof over their heads. Willa (present-day) and her husband, an underemployed academic, have inherited a crumbling house in Vineland, New Jersey which also shelters two adult children, an infant grandson, an ailing father, and a mountain of debt. Two brilliant narrators, separated by more than a century but residing in the same imperfect house, grapple with the challenges of keeping their families intact when the world seems to be coming apart around them. ![]() ![]() ‘Without shelter, we feel ourselves likely to die.” “‘Without shelter, we stand in daylight.’ ![]()
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