MANETTE ANSAY

Manette AnsayDepuis son mariage avec James, Ellen ne s'est plus rendue à Holly's Field, petite ville portuaire du Wisconsin sur les rives du lac Michigan, où résident les parents de son mari. Quand J

No one could have known that the Midwestern town of Ambient would be changed forever by the arrival of young misfit Gabriel Carpenter. But his short time among them touches the entire community and his death revives the local legend of the river angel. The line between the possible and impossible blurs and everyones fragile hopes are exposed.

Many citizens of Ambient, Wisconsin, believe the old tales of an angel living in the Onion River that runs through the heart of their town. So when Gabriel Carpenter vanishes one night at the rivers edge after being accosted by troublesome teenagers, he is presumed drowned. Yet the teenagers all tell a different and conflicting story, and when Gabriels lifeless body is found in a barn a mile away no one in this quiet Midwestern community can agree whether a miracle or a hoax has occurred. But as the story spreads, and curious tourists overrun the town - some skeptical, others reverent, still others angling for financial gain - one fact becomes certain beyond any doubt: life here will never be the same.

When Abigail Schillers younger brother Sam disappears at the age of seventeen, unable to conform to his fathers ideals of masculinity, Abby is devastated. Haunted by her memories of him she flees to New York to build a new life. There she meets Adam, the man she eventually marries. Ten years later, pregnant with her first child, Abby realises she has to come to terms with her familys past. Embarking on an emotional journey, she unearths a history so disturbing that it contradicts everything she once believed about her family and above all, herself.