Book description
Mackinac island is on the Great Lakes in the American Midwest. Just
nine miles round, it has golf courses, expensive restaurants, no cars
and plenty of rich people. And for the summer of 2000, it has Bell, a
student, employed to serve the wealthy. Bell and her fellow waiters
and waitresses sample the delights of this earthly paradise: luxurious
yachts, alcohol, horse-drawn carriages; and they can't help but come
to know each other intimately.
But this knowledge comes at a price. For they have each carried with
them secrets from the outside world that will not be left behind...
A superb debut which offers an exquisitely distilled exploration of
North american material and spiritual values - and equally - a
riveting story of love, betrayal and survival.
Jennifer McCartney is a Canadian novelist and short story writer from
Ancaster, Ontario. She has lived and worked in Ohio, Michigan, Utah,
South Carolina, Ontario, London and Glasgow.
