| Set among the rugged landscape and small towns ofnorthern Vermont, Catamount Bridge is the story of afamily in crisis. The Woodords have tilled the soil near theConnecticut River for seven generations, but by the 1960sLeon, who survived World War I and lost his son in WorldWar II, sees his farm in decline and his country in turmoilover the war in Vial Nam. A widower, he shares the oldhouse with his widowed daughter-in-law Vero, her twinsons Harmon and Bodie, and Harmon s prefly wife Darlene. Harmon and BodJe hove competed all their lives--inschool, in sports, for girls--with the more aggressive anddominating Harmon usually prevailing. Now a mixture ofpatriotism and machismo have led Harmon to enlist in theArmy, and inevitably he will go to Vial Nam. But before heleaves he wonts to know the child his wife is carrying isreally his--not Bodie s. It is Harmon s corrosive doubt thalgives Darlene and Bodie the first edge either one has everheld on him. The resolution of this crisis and the fates of theWoodards are dramatically developed in this stunning firstnovel. Equally impressive is the way Catamount Bridgecaptures both the texture, sound, end smell of northernNew England and the everyday lives of its people--whether they re building a foundation, hanging out thewash in winter, gutting a dear, or swimming in the river. Itis a story of strong emotions and feelings that cannot behidden, of tensions and suspense, of heartbreak andrenewal, and wJlh an ending that resonates with hope. |
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