Homing Instincts
- ISBN-10
- 0991149998
- ISBN-13
- 9780991149995
- Series
- Homing Instincts
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-04
- Author
- Karen Guzman
Description
A story of loss, change and transcendence, Homing Instincts follows Seth Hingham, a young wildlife biologist, as he struggles to put his life back together after his news anchor girlfriend walks out on him and his much loved father dies.Seth longs to retreat to the pristine woodlands of New England's North Country, where he believes anonymity and solitude will heal his wounds. But a slow job market up North forces him to first make a detour to his Connecticut hometown.Old ghosts pop up, as Seth's cousin concocts a plan to honor the memory of a high school classmate killed in a long ago accident for which Seth has always felt responsible. At the same time, changing family dynamics in the wake of his father's death are toppling the old status quo as Seth struggles to determine who he is and where he belongs. A chance at new love with a spirited, yet fragile, single mother further complicates the picture.Homing Instincts traces Seth's painful, redemptive, and sometimes humorous, journey to re-imagine his past and create a new future."In Karen Guzman's pitch perfect debut novel, the past holds Seth prisoner with exquisite power, keeping him frozen in time...This is a splendid book." -- Jacqueline Sheehan, New York Times Bestselling author of Lost & Found and other novels."Karen Guzman's eye for detail and ear for the truth take us on a journey of redemption as Seth gingerly tests a new relationship and tries to put his troubled past into perspective. Homing Instincts wraps a complex contemporary tale in lyrical language and astute insights." -- Susan Schoenberger, author of A Watershed Year and The Virtues of Oxygen.
