When \;the \;river swallowed Kai\, Damien's little brother didn't die so much as \;vanish. As \;the& nbsp\;unbearable loss settles deeper into his bones\, Damien\, a small-tow n line cook\, walks away from everything he has ever known. Driving as far south as his old truck and his legs allow\, he lands in a fishing village beyond \;the \;reach of his past where he hopes he can finally fo rget. But \;the \;village has grief of its own. \;The \;sa me day that Damien arrives\, a young woman from \;the \;community' s most powerful family is being laid \;to \;rest. A stranger in to wn\, Damien is \;the \;object of gossip and suspicion\, ignored by all except \;the \;dead girl's mother\, Ana Maria\, who offers Da mien a room and a job. Grateful for her kindness\, Damien soon begins \;to \;fall under Ana Maria's charismatic spell. But how long can he r esist \;the \;rumors swirling through town suggesting she might ha ve had something \;to \;do with her daughter's death? Or deny his strange kinship with one of Ana Maria's surviving daughters\, Marta\, who knows too well \;the \;grief that follows \;the \;loss of a sibling--and who is driven by a fierce need for revenge? Swiftly\, Damie n finds himself caught in a power struggle between \;the \;brujas\ , a whirlwind battle that threatens \;to \;sweep \;the \;w hole village out \;to \;sea. Resonant with \;the \;Diň creation story and \;the \;unshakeable weight of \;the \; Long Walk--the \;forced removal of \;the \;Navajo from their l and--Swim \;Home \;to \;the \;Vanished \;explores \;the \;human capacity for grief and redemption\, and \;the \; lasting effects it has on \;the \;soul.
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