Novel Excerpts

The first scene in the novel (at the moment), introducing two of the three main characters.

An excerpt from early in the novel featuring Meredith and her party friend Annie, and the first hint of complication.

In this early scene from the novel, we meet Meredith’s dad and Gordie’s grandfather, working alone in his shop, distracted by the thoughts stirred within him by the onset of fall.

Wherein Meredith confides in Annie, and the rising action of the novel is set in motion.

An unusually cold day in early autumn compounds Meredith’s misery, as she faces one of the more malevolent characters in the novel.

Meredith tells Gordie her plan.

Lee tells April about the plan and his fears.

Meredith makes a late night visit to Luis, her neighbor and sometime lover.

Gordie and Meredith drive from Bluff to Mineral and Gordie sees something that sets his curious mind in motion.

Gordie makes a last visit to the library in Bluff to pursue his suspicions about Meredith’s illness.