Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Burnside, John |
| Publisher: | Anchor |
| Date: | 2/10/2009 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A novel of mysterious beauty,
The Devil’s Footprints explores the elemental forcesof everyday life: love, fear, grief, and the hope of redemption.
Michael Gardinerhas lived in Coldhaven all his life yet still feels like an outsider. Married butdistant from his wife, he discovers that a school friend, Moira Birnie, has killedherself and her two sons by setting their car ablaze. However, she spared her fourteen-year-olddaughter, Hazel. As teenagers, Michael and Moira had a brief romance, yet more troublingis the fact that Michael was responsible for the death of Moira’s brother, the townbully. In the wake of this most recent tragedy, Michael becomes obsessed with Hazel,and she convinces him to take her away from the village and her abusive father, withdevastating consequences.
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