Seven Locks: A Novel

The Hudson River Valley, 1769. A Man Mysteriously Disappears Without A Trace, Abandoning His Wife And Children On Their Farm At The Foot Of The Catskill Mountains. At First Many Believe That His Wife, Who Has The Reputation Of Being A Scold, Has Driven Her Husband Away, But As The Strange Circumstances Of His Disappearance Circulate, A Darker Storyunfolds. And As The Lines Between Myth And Reality Fade In The Wilderness, And An American Nation Struggles To Emerge, The Lost Man's Wife Embarks On A Desperate Journey To Find The Means To Ensure Her Family's Survival--p. [4] Of Cover. Christine Wade. Includes A Reading Group Guide. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 327).