INTRODUCTION: The book story titled “BACK CREEK” is a coming of age story set in small tidewater, Virginia community in 1995. Grace is the name of the character in the story, Grace is a bookish girl whose a sister ran off to New York city five years ago and has suddenly reappeared. She lives with her father in a house that’s been in the Barnett family for generations. Grace’s favorite pastimes are re-reading the Bronte sister’s novels and drinking beer with Cal, the troubled Vietnam vet.
SUMMARY: Current summer of 1975, 18 years old Grace Barnett knows she should preparing to leave for college in September. But a strong memorial day boating accident on the creek near her Virginia home – she’s the only witness to the apparent