num_pages: 264
description: When Patricia Randall returns to her roots on the quaint and historically-rich Roanoke Island, North Carolina, during the summer of 1966, she is hoping for a new start. Still struggling with a harrowing divorce from her husband, she sees the Outer Banks as the perfect place to find peace. But as the new reporter for the Dare County News, Patricia soon finds herself thrust into a tumultuous atmosphere of racial and political Vietnam-era controversy. The echoes of national concern present themselves with character in the small tourist town, and Patricia soon finds herself in the presence of senators, Vietnam protesters, and famous actors all vying for her attention. But as Patricia meets the challenging demands of her new career, she discovers that she has become the unwitting target of vengeance, not only from her estranged husband but also from a corrupt policeman whose extortion schemes she is trying to expose. She is forced to face the irony that by doing good work, and living fully according to her own rules for the first time in her life, she has inadvertently set in motion events that endanger everything she loves. How Patricia deals with these events and finds strength and spirit to survive is the heart and soul of "Drinkwater s Folly."
language: English
title: Drinkwater's Folly
titlecomplete: Drinkwater's Folly
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Ivy House Publishing Group (NC)