Finding Griffin

By Barbara Delaney

Mysterious 19th Century letters found in the attic of her city brownstone lead Anna and her restless granddaughter, Emma, on a search to discover family secrets in the town of Griffin. To their surprise, the elusive town has all but vanished, reclaimed by the Adirondack forest. What was initially a larky jaunt becomes a puzzle. Anna and Emma's chance encounter with Miles, a lone fisherman on the banks of the East Branch near Griffin, quickly cascades into a series of unanticipated events. Who could have guessed that the mild bump of their worlds would knock the set trajectories of Anna's and Miles' lives off course? The letters set in motion their unforeseen journey along the green verdant paths and rushing lucid streams sequestered in the backwoods of the Adirondacks. Some trails lead them further into the past; others beckon to a still occluded future; and then there are promising byways leading nowhereor, like mistaken deer trails, only divined by the silent furry creatures that live hidden in the forest. Anna's comfortable life as an Albany florist and Miles' simple lifestyle as an Adirondack woodsman are knocked askew by seemingly innocent revelations. The mysterious letters from another generation forever change the lives of those who read them. Can Anna and Miles escape from their time hardened cocoons? What will Anna and Miles ultimately find in Griffin? Within the space of a season, fates intertwine in suspenseful threads as characters struggle to slough off old lives like spent cocoons. Some spread wings to fly, while others, too weighted by the past and their own failings, remain unregenerate and earth bound.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614680612
• ISBN13: 9781614680611
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: The Troy Book Makers
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.