The Deadwood Beetle
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0399148051 / Publisher: Bluehen Books, September 2001
Follows Tristan Martens, a retired entomologist and aging recluse, who stumbles upon a long-lost family heirloom in a New York antique shop and must deal with the painful memories it evokes.
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Tristan Martens, a retired entomologist, is shaken by the discovery of his mother's sewing table in a New York antique shop. He hasn't seen it since he was a boy in Holland, but he vividly remembers the last time he did. Only Tristan knows the painful truth behind the scrawled - and misunderstood - inscription on the bottom of the table, and he embarks on a scheme to acquire it from the shop owner, Cora Lowenstein, who insists it's not for sale.But as their lives become entangled, Tristan must make a choice. Can he tell Cora the truth? Begun in deceit, their relationship and Tristan's salvation hinge on his willingness to confront and finally confess the terrible secrets of his family's past.
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