The Storm,New

The Boston Globe Calls Frederick Buechner 'One Of Our Finest Writers.' Usa Today Says He'S 'One Of Our Most Original Storytellers.' Now This Acclaimed Author Gives Us His Most Beguiling Novel Yeta Magical Tale Of Love, Betrayal, And Redemption Inspired By Shakespeare'S The Tempest.On Wealthy Plantation Island In South Florida, An Old Man Waits, Kenzie Maxwell Is A Writer, A Raconteur, A Rascal, An Altruist, A Mystica Charismatic Figure Who Enjoys Life With His Rich Third Wife But Muses Daily On The Sins Of His Past. Two Decades Ago, Kenzie Had To Leave New York Because Of A Scandal. He'D Been A Volunteer At A Runawat Shelter, And He'D Fallen In Love With A Seventeenyearold Girla Girl Who Died While Giving Birth To Kenzie'S Daughter. His Older Brother, Dalton, A Lawyer And Board Member At The Shelter, Decided To Quell The Rumors By Releasing Kenzie'S Note Of Apology To The Press. Kenzie'S Reputationand The Girl'Swere Destroyed. He Has Never Forgiven His Brother.Now It'S The Eve Of Kenzie'S Seventieth Birthday, And A Storm Is Brewing. His Beloved Daughter, Breethe Child Of The Scandalis Coming Down From New York For His Birthday Party. But His Brother Dalton Is Coming Down, Too, To Do Some Legal Work For The Island'S Illtempered Matriarch. Aided And Abetted By Dalton'S Happygolucky Stepson, A Loutish Gardener, A New Age Windsurfer, A Bumbling Bishop, And A Bona Fide Tempest, Kenzie Must Somehow Contrive To Reconcile With His Brotherand Make Peace With His Past.Infused With Humanity, And Informed By Faith. The Storm Is Frederick Buechner'S Most Captivating Novel Since Godrica Richly Satisfying Contemporary Story Of Fragmented Families And Love'S Many Mysteries That Will Move You, Makeyou Laugh, And Fill You With Wonder.