Synopses & Reviews
A debut novel full of heart, in which love, friendship, and charity teach a young woman to live a bigger life.
When Madeline Stone walks away from Chicago and moves five hundred miles north to the coast of Lake Superior, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, she isn't prepared for how much her life will change.
Charged with caring for an aging family friend, Madeline finds herself in the middle of beautiful nowhere with Gladys and Arbutus, two octogenarian sisters-one sharp and stubborn, the other sweeter than sunshine. As Madeline begins to experience the ways of the small, tight-knit town, she is drawn into the lives and dramas of its residents. It's a place where times are tough and debts run deep, but friendship, community, and compassion run deeper. As the story hurtles alongfeaturing a lost child, a dashed love, a car accident, a wedding, a fire, and a romantic reunionGladys, Arbutus, and the rest of the town teach Madeline more about life, love, and goodwill than she's learned in a lifetime.
A heartwarming novel, South of Superior explores the deep reward in caring for others, and shows how one who is poor in pocket can be rich in so many other ways, and how little it often takes to make someone happy.
Synopsis
On the southern edge of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lies McAllaster, a beautiful, hardscrabble town that, despite isolation and wilderness, has a magic that captures a certain kind of person and never lets go. Into this town comes Madeline Stone who is more running away from her old life than she is consciously running toward anything. But when she arrives to care for an aging family friend, she finds herself pulled into the world of this town, and her own life is changed forever. By opening herself up to McAllaster and to the lives and intimate dramas of its residents, Madeline finds something she never thought she’d have—a sense of family, a feeling of belonging, and a discovery of life, love, and goodwill that will forever change her.
About the Author
Ellen Airgood runs a diner in Grand Marais, Michigan. She is the author of South of Superior.