Cascade: A Novel

A locked box and a deathbed promise. A town threatened with flooding.
And a raft of difficult personal decisions.
It's
1935. Desdemona Hart Spaulding, a gifted, Paris-trained artist, has
married
in haste, in the once-thriving summer town
of Cascade, to provide a home for her dying father and save the
family's renowned Shakespeare theater. Now Cascade is on the short
list
to be flooded to provide drinking water for Boston, MA, and Dez's
growing discontent is complicated by her attraction to Jacob, a fellow
artist. When tragic events unfold, Dez makes bad choices that force her
to answer hard questions: Must she keep her promises? Is it morally
possible to set herself free?

"What do we have to give up to
be whom we yearn to be?  CASCADE unfolds like a Shakespearean tragedy,
with an ending you won't see coming."  The Boston Globe

"Gorgeously
written and involving, Cascade explores the age-old conflict between a
woman's perceived duty and her deepest desires." People Magazine, People
Pick

• The Boston Globe Book Club - Inaugural Pick
• People Magazine "People Pick of the Week"
• People Magazine "Great Reads, New in Paperback"
• MLA "Must Read" Fiction Honors
• Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award
• Slate Magazine "Best Books," "Best Summer Reads″
• WBUR Radio Boston: Good Reads for Summer
• Boston Globe "Best of the New″
• Library Journal "Best Bet"