This is the compelling story of Emalee Rawlings, a young woman trying to find her way through life after the murder/suicide of her parents. At age twenty, Emalee is trying to understand those close to her: Audrey and Karl and their fifty-five year old friendship; Peter, an artist and dear friend that seems to lack the ambition to make his art known to anyone but himself; and Stuart - a quiet, intelligent philosopher with whom she finds herself falling in love. Emalee's journey takes her from the shores of Lake Erie to the Algonquin wilderness. Along the way readers will explore the meaning of...