Title: The house on Salt Hay Road /
Authors: Clevidence, Carin, 1967-
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Year: 2010
Subjects: New England Hurricane, 1938 Fiction.; Long Island (N.Y.) History Fiction.
Abstract: A fireworks factory explodes in a quiet seaside town. In the house on Salt Hay Road, Clay Poole is thrilled by the hole it's blown in everyday life. His older sister, Nancy, is more interested in the striking stranger who appears, dusted with ashes, in the explosion's aftermath. The Pooles--taken in as orphans by their mother's family--can't yet know how the bonds of their makeshift household will be tested and frayed. As their aunt searches for signs from God and their uncle begins an offbeat courtship, they are pulled toward two greater cataclysms: the legendary hurricane of 1938 and the encroaching war.
Contents: Floating house. Spring, 1937 -- Summer 1937 -- Honey in the walls. Late summer and fall, 1937 -- Winter, 1937-1938 -- Spring & summer, 1938 -- Falling houses. Fall, 1938 -- Later -- Fall, 1945.