Arcadia Falls

Description

For two hundred years, painters, poets and musicians have come to the Catskill Mountain village of Arcadia Falls to escape the pressures of modern life and pursue their artistic visions, and Arcadia College was founded with a mission to nurture young artists and writers. When Meg Rosenthal gets an offer to teach at Arcadia College, it seems a godsend - an escape from a life that's fallen apart. She hopes, too, that Arcadia Falls will be a place where she and her daughter Sally can find some peace and reconciliation. But even though Arcadia Falls proves to be even more beautiful then Meg imagined, it is hardly peaceful. Soon she begins to realize that the public story behind the school conceals deceit, betrayal, and perhaps even murder. As Meg struggles to reconcile the choices she's made in her own life, she begins to fear that by coming to Arcadia Falls she's put herself and her daughter in danger.

Carol Goodman's work has appeared in such journals as LITERAL LATTE and OTHER VOICES. After graduation from Vassar College, she taught Latin in Austin, Texas. She then received an M.F.A. in fiction. She currently teaches writing and works as a writer-in-residence.

A wonderfully atmospheric literary mystery - BOOKLIST [A] moving story of mothers and daughters and the hard choices women must make . . . Goodman combines gripping suspense with strong characters and artistic themes. Those who read Antia Shreve or Jodi Picoult are likely to become fans - LIBRARY JOURNAL Goodman delivers the goods her fans expect in this atmospheric and fast moving gothic story - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY