Orna Mulcahy writes: Debut writer Charleen Hurtubise’s THE POLITE ACT OF DROWNING will instantly transport you to summer. Set in a lakeside community in Michigan in the 1980s, the story centres on the Kennedy family who have deep roots in the marshy lands around Kettle Lake. Aunt Rita rules the roost with her successful fish tackle business while blow-in Rosemary, married to Danny, is a distracted presence, always drifting away towards a visiting professor who occupies a cabin in the woods. A Memorial Day drowning casts a pall over the holidays, but 16-year-old Joanne Kennedy finds solace in her new friendship with Lucinda, a flighty foster child staying with neighbours, who’s determined to shake up the summer at Kettle Lake.
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