This is a novel of journeys, of the paths four people take because
their lives are lacking in some significant way. "The devout and
the desperate start from different points, but meet along the
road", one character says. "In the end, there is no difference in
Bethlehem or the bath-houses. Both are pilgrimages that begin and
end in faith". Anna has just turned fifty, widowed, estranged from
her only child, and embittered by a life that is full on the
surface but empty at its core. When her daughter, Poppy, calls
after a twelve-year absence and asks if she and her family can
visit, Anna reluctantly agrees. Soon after, Poppy's husband and
their ten-year-old daughter, Flynn, show up on her doorstep without
Poppy, to stay. As a favour to a friend, Anna agrees to help to
co-ordinate a support group for HIV patients. On the first day she
meets Jack, who must choose between his "considerable appetites"
and Stuart, his partner who has been unwaveringly faithful for over
a decade. Stuart, in turn, struggles with whether his deep love for
Jack will survive the storms ahead. It is Flynn -- imaginative,
inspired, and haunted by her convictions about the spirit world --
who becomes the centre of this unlikely but devoted family.
Gorgeously written and imbued with wisdom and humour, "Above the
Thunder" is a celebration of unexpected connections and the search
for home.
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