From the porch of his home\, Charles Lamos way has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Main e&rsquo\;s Penobscot Reservation. He caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth&rsquo\;s life―from the day she came home from the hospita l to her early twenties. But there&rsquo\;s something deeper and more dang erous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It&rsquo\;s the secret that Elizabeth is his daughter\, a secre t Charles is no longer willing to keep.
\nNow\, it&rsquo\;s been wee ks since he&rsquo\;s seen Elizabeth\, and Charles is worried. As he attemp ts to hold on to and care for what he can―his home and property\; h is alcoholic and bighearted friend Bobby\; and his mother\, Louise\, who i s slipping deeper into dementia―he becomes increasingly haunted by his past. Forced to confront a lost childhood on the reservation\, a love affair cut short\, and the death of his beloved stepfather\, Fredrick\, Ch arles contends with questions he&rsquo\;s long been afraid to ask. Is his secret about Elizabeth his to share? And would his daughter want to know t he truth\, even if it could cost her everything she&rsquo\;s ever known? ( From the publisher)
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