num_pages: 508
description: Louis Holland arrives in Boston to find that a minor earthquake in Ipswich has killed his eccentric grandmother, triggering a struggle between him, his sister Eileen, and his mother Melanie over the disposition of a $22 million inheritance. During a visit to the beach, Louis meets Dr. Reneé Seitchek, a Harvard seismologist who believes she has discovered the cause of subsequent earthquakes in Peabody. Louis, Reneé, and the Hollands' affairs become entangled with the petrochemical and weapons company Sweeting-Aldren, as well as a pro-life activist commune called the Church of Action in Christ, headed by Reverend Philip Stites...
language: English
title: Strong Motion
titlecomplete: Strong Motion
characters: Peter Stoorhuys, Louis Holland, Melanie Holland, Lauren Bowles, Howard Chun, Bob Holland, Philip Stites, Renée Seitchek, Eileen Holland
genres: American, Unfinished, The United States Of America, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 5770
places: Greater Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Picador