Running from depression and alcoholism,
Anna Pigeon takes a bus all the way to Arizona where she gets a job
as a seasonal employee at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area. Her job, picking up the human excrement on the shore
of the lake, is unpleasant and difficult. When Anna disappears, her
co-workers surmise that she's hurried back to New York. The truth is
rather different. Anna has been kidnapped and thrust into a deep,
rocky hole. Her struggle to escape is the subject of the early
chapters.
I have read many of the Anna Pigeon
novels and loved them. The descriptions of the national park settings
are well done and the characters interesting. In this novel, the
description of Lake Powell and vicinity is delightful, but the
characters left me cold. With the possible exception of Jenny, Anna's
roommate, I found the characters unlikeable. The motivation for their
bad decisions was unclear, even at the end of the book. I finished
reading feeling unsatisfied.
The plot is fast paced with plenty of
gripping moments, but I didn't feel that it hung together. There were
too many unbelievable elements, starting with the opening scenes
where Anna finds herself at the bottom of a hole.
If you're an Anna Pigeon fan, I
recommend this book because it fills in Anna's early history. If
you're looking for a believable plot and well drawn characters, I'd
give this one a miss.
I reviewed the book as part of the
Amazon Vine Program.
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