Synopses & Reviews
As twenty-eight-year-old Luna Stone recovers from the trauma of her parents' divorce, she realizes that her own impending nuptials promise to mirror her parents' failed marriage. Terrified of repeating their mistakes, Luna runs from the altar and takes refuge at a camp site near Donner Pass.
But Luna's isolation is soon breached, first by the uneasy ghost of Tamsen Donner, and then by two other "lost souls" -- a young runaway named Sam, and his friend, a near-deaf theology student. Guided in part by the secrets and wisdom of Tamsen Donner, this trio soon discover the compromises that love demands -- and form a connection of care and trust that is severely tested by an unexpected twist of fate.
Synopsis
In the High Sierras, a man, a woman, and a boy, each in psychological or physical danger, come together in a dramatic, satisfying way. At the center is Luna Stone, a young woman on the way to California who dumps her self-absorbed boyfriend in Reno and hides out in the mountains near Donner Lake. While camping, she has two visitors, the ghost of Tamsen Donner and a very live runaway boy, escaped from a child porn ring. This is Doris Betts at the top of her form.