- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:General
- Language:English
- Pages:172
- eBook ISBN:9798317843236
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In A Flickering of Souls¸ a dying woman blocks the child she gave up 57 years ago from finding her. The child given up must calculate the cost of pursuing the past. And a former addict has to decide whether he has the right to bring the two women together. He also must come to terms with his memory of one terrible night in his own life.
It's a story of people seeking redemption and forgiveness, set against two magical locations – the Cape Cod National Seashore and Santa Fe.
It is, as well, a tale of impermanence. We are here briefly. We are flickering souls.
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Tiago Madeira is tending bar in a pub on the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Celia Lindsey is dying in a hospice facility not far away.
Dana Morgan is investigating nightmares in Santa Fe.
For 57 years, Celia has blocked the child she gave up from finding her. Dana, that child, must calculate the cost of pursuing the past. Tiago, a former addict, has to decide whether he has the right to bring the two women together. At the same time, he must confront the memory of one terrible night in his own life.
A Flickering of Souls, Robert Lovinger's fifth novel, is a story of redemption and forgiveness, set against two magical locations. It is, as well, a tale of impermanence. We are here briefly. We are flickering souls.
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