THE ISLAND PEOPLE . . .

Come spend the summer on a resort island in New England―but don't get too comfortable for things are not as relaxing or as inviting as they first appear.

Whose voice is crying for help in the night fog when nobody is there? Whose name is that on the headstone above the fresh grave plot? Why is the ghost of a U-boat shipman haunting a young island woman? A lighthouse keeper insists a sailing vessel is in distress off Southeast light, but he’s the only one who can see it! A successful young businessman from Newport finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to lose her to a dead man. And how far will one island native go to keep her beloved farm from being destroyed by big city developers.

These are the Island People, residents and summer visitors alike, who encounter lost loves, summer ghosts, and romantic interludes. Over the course of a single summer season you’ll meet the characters who can make us reconsider our own sense of place and belonging in a strange and unpredictable world. Where each of us is alone in life, yet connected in ways unseen but always felt.

“Truly splendid fiction! I wish everyone could read it! Jason Marchi is sockdolager! -Ray Bradbury

Publication date: May 15, 2013

256 pp

Trade paper

Suggested retail:

$13.95 trade paper US (Higher in CANADA)

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