Making Up the Gods

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Publication Year:
2023

ISBN-13: 9781988989693

<span><i>Making Up the Gods </i>is equal parts quirky and sincere in its thoughtful exploration of tragedy and recovery, of new and old relationships, and of deeper questions of when to let the past rest.&#10;&#10;Simone, a retired widow, would live a quiet and isolated life, if not for the lingering ghosts of her family.&#10;&#10;One day, Simone is visited at her home by a man named Martin claiming to be her cousin. When Martin asks if Simone is willing to sell her cottage by the lake, a proposition made sweeter by the prospect of a condo in Florida, Simone, though pleased at the thought of a cousin, also questions his intentions.&#10;&#10;Where among her past has Martin even come from, and why has he emerged in this moment? The burden of making a decision is all the more difficult because Simone has agreed to take care of a friend&#8217;s nine-year-old boy, Chen, for a short time while his mother enjoys a much-needed vacation. Simone finds her match in Chen, a curious and precocious boy grieving the loss of his father and stepbrother in an accident that has shaken the entire community.&#10;&#10;Can Simone hide her ability to see her family ghosts? Will Martin succeed in extorting Simone&#8217;s beloved home&#8212;and worse, is he a danger to Chen? Because of Chen and Martin, Simone is caught between her ties to the past and her desire to embrace the company of the living.&#10;&#10;</span>