Susanna Daniel - Stiltsville - Gables
One sunny morning in 1969, near the end of her first trip to Miami,
twenty-six-year-old Frances Ellerby finds herself in a place called
Stiltsville, a community of houses built on pilings in the middle of
Biscayne Bay.
It's the first time the Atlanta native has been out on the open
water, and she's captivated. On the dock of a stilt house, with the
dazzling skyline in the distance and the unknowable ocean beneath her,
she meets the house's owner, Dennis DuVal—and a new future reveals
itself.
Turning away from her quiet, predictable life back home, Frances
moves to Miami to be with Dennis. Over time, she earns the confidence of
his wild-at-heart sister and wins the approval of his oldest friend.
Frances and Dennis marry and have a child—but rather than growing
complacent about their good fortune, they continue to face the
challenges of intimacy and the complicated city they call home.
Stiltsville is the family's island oasis—until suddenly it's gone,
and Frances is forced to figure out how to make her family work on dry
land. Against a backdrop of lush tropical beauty, Frances and Dennis
struggle with the mutability of love and Florida's weather, as well as
temptation, chaos, and disappointment. But just when Frances thinks
she's reached some semblance of higher ground, she must confront an
obstacle so great that even the lessons she's learned about navigating
the uncharted waters of family life can't keep them afloat.
With Stiltsville (Harper, $24.99), Susanna Daniel weaves the beauty, violence,
and humanity of Miami's coming-of-age with an enduring story of a
marriage's beginning, maturity, and heartbreaking demise
- Street:
- Books & Books
- Additional:
- 265 Aragon Ave.
- City:
- Coral Gables ,
- Province:
- Postal Code:
- 33134
