The Trouble Up North
Travis Mulhauser
- From
- the
- author
- of
- Sweetgirl,
- an
- atmospheric,
- haunting
- novel
- about
- a
- family
- of
- bootleggers,
- their
- troubled
- history,
- and
- the
- land
- that
- binds
- them.The
- Sawbrooks
- have
- lived
- on
- prime
- real
- estate
- on
- the
- lakes
- of
- Michigan
- since
- before
- there
- was
- prime
- real
- estate.
- A
- family
- of
- smugglers
- and
- bootleggers,
- every
- man,
- woman,
- and
- child
- in
- each
- generation
- has
- been
- taught
- to
- navigate
- the
- nooks
- and
- crannies
- of
- the
- rivers
- and
- highways
- that
- flow
- in
- and
- out
- of
- Canada.
- The
- hidden
- routes
- are
- the
- family's
- legacy.
- But
- today,
- the
- Sawbrooks
- are
- deeply
- fractured,
- and
- the
- money
- that's
- sustained
- the
- family
- is
- running
- out.Edward,
- the
- Sawbrook
- patriarch,
- is
- dying
- from
- cancer,
- and
- his
- wife,
- Rhoda,
- is
- bitterly
- disappointed
- in
- her
- three
- adult
- children.
- The
- eldest
- daughter,
- Lucy,
- is
- now
- a
- park
- ranger,
- working
- to
- federally
- protect
- the
- land
- against
- her
- mother’s
- will;
- the
- middle
- son,
- Buckner,
- hasn’t
- been
- the
- same
- since
- he
- came
- back
- from
- the
- army
- suffering
- from
- alcoholism;
- and
- the
- youngest
- daughter,
- Jewell,
- is
- wasting
- her
- potential
- as
- a
- card
- player
- and
- bartender.When
- Jewell
- is
- asked
- to
- commit
- a
- crime
- for
- a
- major
- insurance
- payout,
- she
- agrees,
- eager
- for
- the
- cash,
- but
- too
- late,
- she
- realizes
- that
- that
- the
- boat
- she
- torched
- wasn't
- empty...Together,
- the
- Sawbrooks
- will
- have
- to
- contend
- with
- the
- old
- familial
- ways
- and
- the
- new,
- shifting
- world,
- and
- face
- each
- other—and
- their
- pain-filled
- past—to
- smuggle
- one
- more
- thing
- out
- of
- their
- land
- to safety.
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