New York, NY: Penguin Putnam (1997) In a dangerous dry season, park ranger Anna Pigeon is posted to Georgia’s Cumberland Island on 21-day fire detail. When a plane crashes nearby, Anna and her crew arrive in time to put out the flames, but too late to save the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland’s only full-time … Continue reading Endangered Species →

New York, NY: Doubleday (2005) From award-winning novelist Alexander Parsons comes a vivid chronicle of the traumatic impact of WWII on an American family at the dawn of the nuclear age. Set in the high desert badlands of New Mexico and the ravaged, war-torn landscape of the Philippine jungle, IN THE SHADOWS OF THE SUN … Continue reading In The Shadows Of The Sun →

New York, NY: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday (1995) Beach Music is about Jack McCall, an American living in Rome with his young daughter, trying to find peace after the recent trauma of his wife’s suicide. But his solitude is disturbed by the appearance of his sister-in-law, who begs him to return home, and of two school … Continue reading Beach Music →