The Long-Shining Waters by Danielle Sosin

It becomes obvious that there is more at stake than the mayor’s chair in a quiet suburban city hall. So he agrees to play watchdog over a mayoral election in suburban Lake Erie Shores in which dowdy housewife Barbara Corns is challenging incumbent Gayton True. Everything seems calm on the surface-until True’s wife, Princess, is run down in the street just outside downtown Cleveland’s Tower City. But he owes a favor to mobster Victor Gaimari, and Milan always pays his debts. As these narratives unfold with the mesmerizing rhythm of waves, a fourth mysterious voice slowly manifests. Haunting, rich in historical detail, and universal in its exploration of the human desire for meaning when faced with uncertainty and the indomitable power of place, this is an unforgettable work of fiction, by an author whose writing effortlessly “captures unexpected moments of beauty and clarity” ( New York Times Book Review).Įvery Clevelander understands the lake effect, a weather condition that brings plenty of snow, especially in November when election time rolls around. Milan Jacovich (it’s pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich), the genial Cleveland private eye, has never been a political animal. And then in 2000, Nora, a seasoned bar owner, finds her life unraveling and is drawn into a journey around the lake.

Though the lake anchors Berit’s isolated life, those same waters ultimately test her endurance and spirit. Berit and Gunnar, a Norwegian couple, fish the North Shore in 1902. Grey Rabbit-an Ojibwe woman, a mother and wife-struggles to understand a dream-life that takes on fearful dimensions. The Long-Shining Waters by Danielle Sosinįeaturing three women living on its shores in three different centuries, Sosin’s debut novel illuminates the mysterious powers of the greatest of the Great Lakes.