num_pages: 253
description: In this novel set in a mill town with the tangled greenery of Pennsylvania's wooded hills as backdrop, Judith Hutchins and her daughters struggle with the latest disappearance of Gort - fisherman, astronomer, and sometime husband and father. Judith, devoting herself to a new job to keep the family going, finds herself involved with a lover, while fourteen-year-old Lil takes matters into her own hands, determined to find her father and bring him to account.
language: English
title: Bitter Lake: A Novel
titlecomplete: Bitter Lake: A Novel
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr