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A 2023 MICHIGAN NOTABLE BOOK
A beautiful and gripping psychological novel about a mother and daughter who after a lifetime on the run from a dark and dangerous past land in a small Michigan town that may hold the key to ending their fugitive lifestyle
For Blue Lakes entire life she and her mother Scarlet have been on the run from HIMthe man who Scarlet a talented and enigmatic painter insists is chasing them But now at fifteen years old Blue has begun to resent the nomadic life that once seemed like an adventure increasingly unsure what to make of the phantom pursuer shes never seen She only yearns to settle down in one place to live a normal life
When Scarlet and Blue arrive in the beachfront town of South Haven Michigan it seems that Blues wishes might finally come true She makes a good friend is falling in love for the first time and has found a piano teacher who recognizes her budding talent But even as Blue thrives she cannot shake her worry about her mother whose eccentricities and art are only becoming increasingly difficult to understand Scarlet meanwhile has very different intentions for their stay in South Haven It was no accident that she brought them there and with the help of the psychoanalyst shes sought out Henry she is determined to find a way to finally escape the shadow of her traumatic past no matter the cost
Told through the alternating voices of Blue Scarlet and Henry Scarlet in Blue is a pageturning story about the ramifications of past trauma the way art can hold our lives together and most of all the enduring bond between mother and child
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