"A story of secrets, loss, and the betrayals of memory: a lyrical novel of an aging woman confronting her romantic past under the mysterious skies of her island home. Off the coast of Georgia, near Savannah, generations have been tempted by strange blue lights in the sky near an island called Lyra. At the height of WWII, impressionable young Elle Ranier comes to the island when her new husband, Simon, is dispatched by his industrialist father to find...

These no-longer-newlyweds want out of this road trip-and their marriage. Too bad they can't find the off ramp. Mallory and Connor Duncan can't even agree on how to end their marriage. Weeks away from their one-year wedding anniversary, the couple is ready to call it quits. But when a last-minute crisis lands them on a 3,000-mile road trip together, Mallory wonders if their story may not be over after all. The trip begins to unravel before the key...

"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...