After the Dam

Undone by motherhood, judged by her husband, thirty-two-year-old Rachel Clayborne flees with her baby in the middle of the night for the one place on earth thats been her refuge: her grandmothers lakehouse in northern Wisconsin. Hoping to reconnect with a former, healthier self, she instead faces a confused and dying grandmother, her ever-present nurse who seems bent on thwarting each of Rachels desires, and a changed ex-boyfriendher first and most passionate love. As a constant rain threatens the nearby dam, Rachel struggles to discern whats happened to the past, who shes become, and what kind of a life she will make for herself nowone that clings to ghosts or opens bravely to a wild new geography. From the acclaimed author of Nina: Adolescence and The Priests Madonna comes a gripping new novel that depicts the transformative power of motherhood with honesty, wit, and compassion.