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Press release
The University of Wisconsin Press
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Madison, WI 53711-2059
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News for Immediate Release: 8 May 2006
Contact: Publicity Manager
608-263-0734 / publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu
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Cold Fish, Hot Flashes, and
Love
In a Stormy Season on Star Lake
Acclaimed novel now available in
paperback
"A diversion as pleasant as a quiet
summer day at the lakeshore"–Publishers Weekly
"Readers will enjoy how Rath has thrown
in a bit of everything–mystery, family drama, love story,
and comedy–and will certainly like getting to know Hannah
as she fights big business, hot flashes, and her own resistance
to this wild and lovely place."–Donna Seaman, Booklist
Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping
Cottages
A Novel
Sara Rath
Publication Date: August 1, 2006
ISBN: 0-299-21524-5, $16.95
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A trade
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In this first novel from award-winning
writer Sara Rath, Hannah Swann must stop hiding from real challenges
when she faces the dual intrigues of love and environmental politics
as the proprietor of a summer resort in northern Wisconsin.
When her black-sheep uncle dies, Hannah inherits the financial
time bomb that was his run-down fishing lodge, and her bumpy
takeover as innkeeper proves to be a far cry from her usual routine,
which was filled with irrational hang-ups, a quirky affair with
a married professor and a strained yet candid relationship with
her college-age daughter. Hannah plans to sell the resort and
escape as soon as she can, but this plan is complicated when
a suspiciously eager buyer turns out to be an international mining
company with nefarious plans. Uncle Hal's activist friends pressure
her to stay and keep the resort viable for the summer season,
at least.
As she reluctantly operates Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping
Cottages while trapped in the midst of a treacherous dispute
between Ingold Mining and anti-mining activists, a new and curious
aspect of Hannah's personality emerges.
Through this humorous and neatly plotted adventure with its appealing
characters and lyrical depictions of nature, Hannah encounters
the inevitability of change as she battles final acceptance of
the remarkable woman she has become and the scenic solitude of
her new home.
Sara Rath
is the author of four volumes of poetry and five nonfiction books,
including The Complete Cow. She has also written for television
and film. She lives in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Also available:
Hardcover (ISBN 0-299-21520-2;
$24.95); Abridged Audiobook (ISBN: 0-299-22100-8; $34.95)
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