Towards Polaris
A Story of the Adirondack Foothills

Paper $24.95    |    978-0-8156-0906-3    |    2008

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Description
Robert Sochia, a young man just acquitted of murder returns to his hometown not far from the Canadian border. Julia, a recently arrived music student, full of new ideas of love and sexual freedom, befriends him and helps him start a new life. When the couple abruptly leave town, several townspeople believe Robert has kidnapped Julia. This small, provincial community gathers a search party to rescue Julia. When their efforts meet with disastrous results, the residents are forced to question their judgment. However, the damage is irreparable and Julia must look to the future with her own beliefs firmly in place. Mason Smith’s new novel is an exuberant, often hilarious celebration of the human voices of a distinct place.

Author
Mason Smith is the author of Everybody Knows and Nobody Cares, selected for the New York Times Book Review’s Editors’ Choice and Summer Reading lists.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 440 pages

Copublished with May-Reverse Publishers.