The Geology of Secrets

"Don Corely devotes himself to daily walks through his family's meadowland seeking solace from the troubling questions that surround his mother's mysterious death when he was a kid. Caught in the past, he is blind to the land's well-being as a warming climate threatens until a stranger, Sakura Gonzalez, who claims ancestral ties to the land appears unleashing family secrets and forcing him to confront questions of land ownership and care. As they toil there one summer, Don tangles with matters of the heart and his role in sustaining the meadowland's past as well as its future. A family drama set in the American Southwest, The Geology of Secrets, explores denial, land use, and humankind's responsibility in the natural world"-- Provided by publisher.