Bodies of Water

In 1960, Billie Valentine is a young housewife living in a sleepy suburb, treading water in a dull marriage and caring for two adopted daughters. Summers spent with the girls at their lakeside camp in Vermont are her one escape - from her husband's demands, from days consumed by household drudgery, and from the nagging suspicion that life was supposed to hold something different. Then a new family moves in across the street. Ted and Eva Wilson have three children and a fourth on the way, and their arrival reignites long-buried feelings in Billie. The affair that follows offers a solace Billie has never known, until her secret is revealed and both families are wrenched apart in the tragic aftermath. In this deeply tender novel, T. Greenwood weaves deftly between the past and present to create a poignant and wonderfully moving story of friendship, the resonance of memories, and the love that keeps us afloat.

T. Greenwood grew up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. She has also lived in Flagstaff, Seattle, and the Washington D.C. area. Now, she and her husband Patrick live in San Diego, California with their two daughters, two cats, and their Golden Retriever. She teaches creative writing for San Diego Writers, Ink, Grossmont College and online for The Writer's Center. She still spends her summers in Vermont where she writes and takes pictures.