Those People Behind Us (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647425654)

It's the summer of 2017 in Wellington Beach, California, a suburban coastal town increasingly divided by politics, protests, and escalating housing prices--divisions that change the lives of five neighbors.

Each character confronts death, betrayal, financial decline, and loneliness as they search for home and community in a neighborhood where no one can agree who belongs.

Real estate agent Lisa Kensington juggles her job, her shopaholic husband, a mother who knows how to push her buttons, and teenagers with ideas of their own. Ray Gorman, a haunted Vietnam vet, lives with and cares for his aging mother. Keith Nelson, an ex-con, lives in his car, parked near his parents' house. Sixteen-year-old Josh Kowalski works through the shock of his father's abandonment by slamming on a drum set. Jeannette Larsen, an aerobics teacher numbed by horrific tragedy, turns away from her husband and toward reckless behavior.

In the end, they all discover that despite their differences, they are more connected than any of them would have imagined.

Author: Mary Camarillo
ISBN-10: 1647425654
ISBN-13: 9781647425654
Publisher: She Writes Press
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2023
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001