Christina schwarz books6/1/2023 But then Mattie drowns in the lake that surrounds the sisters' island house and, in a rush of confusion and anguish, Amanda assumes care of Ruth. Mattie's ebullient welcome convinces Amanda she can mend there. Amanda journeys home to the family farm in Nagawaukee, where her sister, Mathilda (Mattie), lives with her three-year-old daughter Ruth, awaiting the return of her war-injured husband, Carl Neumann. She convinces herself that her daily exposure to the wounded soldiers in the Milwaukee hospital where she works is the cause of her hallucinations, fainting spells and accidents. By March 1919, Nurse Amanda Starkey has come undone. In Schwarz's debut novel, brutal Wisconsin weather and WWI drama color a tale of family rivalry, madness, secrets and obsessive love. ""Ruth remembered drowning."" The first sentence of this brilliantly understated psychological thriller leaps off the page and captures the reader's imagination.
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