Audio Book Description:
Abandoned by his beautiful wife, Irene, Henry spends thesummer in a tent on the edge of Black Pond with thier two young children, Thomas andMargaret. Henry, an itinerant butcher, often must leave them alone as he travels the country in search of work. And while Henry loves his childrendeeply, he is devastated by their mother`s desertion. When a prosperous neighor begins to woo the children as companions for her strange, houseboundson, Henry must weigh an unusual proposition, the consequences of which may cost him everything.