Hansen's Landing: 40 Acres - Water on 3 Sides - Tides & Taxes Rising - Softcover

Jan Walker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732296316 ISBN 13: 9781732296312

Publisher: Plicata Press, 2018

Synopsis

Hansen's Landing on Puget Sound ... 40-Acre Waterfront, Vintage House, Four Quaint Cottages, Rrustic Dockock ...

Kelda Hansen and her Uncle Ragnar know those are nice words for old, run-down and rotting. Taxes are skyrocketing, rumors of an old unsolved murder are swirling, and Kelda's husband Arne Hedstrom is on a mission to develop a gated community at the Landing. Kelda, a family therapist, ferries across the Sound on weekends to check on her uncle and keep the Landing intact as is as long as he's alive.

Ragnar Hansen, 80 and some odd years, figures it's time to take to his bed to die, leave the mess to Kelda. Only problem is Lydia, Kelda's long dead mother, is sending messages into his head, telling him it's time to unravel some truths untold.

Then comes Raymond Walkingstick, Indian lawyer who lived for a time in a driftwood and mat shelter on the Landing inlet. He's seeking the spirit of Lydia Berg Hansen who, in a sense, gave him life.

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Review

" ... memorable characters, evocative settings, enhanced by just the right amount of description, pull the reader in from the very beginning ... The story explores family, aging, mental health, race, ethnicity, land conservation and spiritual anc cultural traditions - Norwegian and Native American."

Kit Thompson, Librarian, Ret.

..". Walker doesn't made her 'bad' characters villains, but rather victims of their own willfulness ...Because we have less visible 'history' in our West Coast lives, this novel is a needed reminder that the natural world and genes speak loud enough if we choose to listen."

Lucinda Wingard, High School Language Arts Teacher, Ret.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plicata Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1732296316
• ISBN 13: 9781732296312
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316