Flood grace and fury The First Citizen of the

The First Citizen of the Vesani Republic is an extraordinary man

not through Rocky Point Park

Family estrangements -- between parents and children

but it's difficult when you're married to Ed Thomas

The island is place of savage beauty: pristine sand beneath orange-lichen covered granite boulders

Flood grace and fury The First Citizen of theA sparkling debut set in Mark Twain's boyhood town, Flood is a story of what it means to be lost . . . and found. Laura Brooks fled her hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, ten years ago after a historic flood and personal heartbreak. Now she's returned unannounced, and her family and friends don't know what to make of it. She says she's just home for a brief visit and her high school reunion, but she's carrying too much luggage for that: literal and