A Simple Thing
By Kathleen McCleary ’81. William Morrow Paperbacks, 2012. In an effort to save her children from the risks they’ve encountered at home, Susannah Delaney moves them to a remote island off the coast of Washington state, threatening her marriage to the man she has loved since childhood. The unlikely friendship Susannah develops with neighbor Betty Pavalak, who moved to the island 50 years earlier for similar reasons, provides the crux for themes of love and forgiveness in this second novel by McCleary.
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