The Drowning House

By Elizabeth Black

Book Overview

Mourning for her daughter and her crumbling marriage, photographer Clare Porterfield returns to her childhood home in Galveston, Texas, hoping to find distraction in mounting an exhibition featuring the island's vivid history. Things haven't changed much during her decade away: her relationship with her mother and older sister is still fraught and competitive, and their neighbors, the Carradays, wield the same moneyed influence they have for generations. But Clare finds that she is now an outsider, out of step with the unique rhythms of Galveston life. As she copes with her grief by digging deeper into the past, she discovers secrets that have grown and multiplied like the wildflowers that climb up Island walls and fences--secrets that will give her a new understanding of her own history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307949060
• ISBN13: 9780307949066
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Amazing writing, medium story

The writing style is beautiful and evocative, but the story left much to be desired. Tragedy alone isn’t enough, in my opinion. Maybe more enjoyable to those from Texas who are more in tune to the references

Enlightening

The author educated as well as entertained with this novel.