Sy's Gift

In Sy's Gift Patricia Owens takes us to a small town in coastal South Carolina, where residents are battening down the hatches in preparation for a hurricane, where everyone knows everyone else and gossip is as certain as sunrise. Cameron Patterson, widow and mother of an obstreperous 20-year-old adopted daughter, is shocked by the sudden appearance of her late husband's illegitimate son. Cameron finds in Michael a connection with her dead husband Sy that is both mystifying and comforting. Owens, who is particularly adept at creating a sense of place, gives us an unforgettable cast of characters and an intriguing plot in a setting so real one can smell the salt air and feel the inescapable heat. A blurb by Anna Jean Mayhew author of The Dry Grass of August,The 2011 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction