Audio Book Description:
A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle`s right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he beginsthe ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn`t survived his injuries. He wants out. Hispsychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else Edgar used to love. Sketching. Edgar leaves forDuma Key, an eerily undevelopedsplinterof the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meetsElizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deepin Duma Key, Edgar begins topaint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings havea power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth`s past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which theyare capable is truly devastating.