The house on Salt Hay Road
By: Carin Clevidence.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780374173142
Subjects: Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Floating house; title: Spring, 1937; title: Honey in the walls; title: Late summer, fall, 1937; title: Winter, 1937-1938; title: Spring & summer, 1938; title: Falling houses; title: Fall, 1938; title: Later; title: Fall, 1945.