Synopses & Reviews
A bluesy new novel from a favorite young Southern writer, Seek the
Living "is a deeply wise and sensual rumination on the hard secrets
of love and family" (Stewart O'Nan).
Since her mother's death, Joan Patee has kept the peace between her wayward brother, Denny, and her strong-willed father. At her own crossroads—her marriage strained and her desire to have a child overpowering—Joan discovers that Denny has become embroiled in a perilous
moneymaking scheme involving artifacts in unmarked graves possibly
dating back to the Civil War. As the hidden history of Joan's town collides
with her own hidden history of a passionate affair, secrets threaten to
devastate everyone closest to her heart.
Synopsis
Since her mothers death, Joan Patee has kept the peace between her wayward brother, Denny, and her strong-willed father. Now confronted with her own troublesa marriage strained by distance and the desire to have a childJoan discovers that Denny is far worse off than she imagined. He's hatched a moneymaking scheme involving artifacts found in unmarked graves that may date to the Civil War. Pulled between the family she has and the one she would like to begin, Joan is drawn into a spiral of shady dealings and peculiar town secrets, some dangerously close to her heart.
About the Author
Ashley Warlick is the author of The Summer After June and The Distance from the Heart of Things, for which she became the youngest ever recipient of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. She graduated from Dickinson College in 1994 and now lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her family.