Christina Schwarz, celebrated for her rich evocation of place and vivid, unpredictable characters, has sup another haunting and unforgettable tale. Gorgeously detailed, swiftly paced, and anchored in the dramatic geography of the remote and eternally mesmerizing Big Sur, The Edge of the Earth is a magical story of secrets and self-transformation, ruses and rebirths. In this unfamiliar place, Trudy will find that nothing is as she might have predicted, especially after she discovers what hides among the rocks. They meet the light station's only inhabitants - the formidable and guarded Crawleys. When she falls in love with enigmatic and ambitious Oskar, she believes she's found her escape from the banality of her pre-ordained life.Īlienated from Trudy's family and friends, the couple moves across the country to take a job at a lighthouse Point Lucia, California - an unnervingly isolated outcropping, trapped between the ocean and hundreds of miles of inaccessible wilderness. All should be well in her world, and yet Trudy is restless, and desperate for more stimulation than 1890s Milwaukee will allow. Her parents have laid out a lovely future for her, and everyone understands that it's only a matter of time before she marries the son of their closest friends. Polished, well-educated Trudy can argue Kant over dinner and play a respectable portion of Mozart's Serenade in G major.
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