Julia Glass is the author of six previous books of fiction, including the bestselling Three Junes, winner of the National Book Award, and I See You Everywhere. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Glass is a senior distinguished writer in residence at Emerson College. In Vigil Harbor: A Novel (Pantheon), it’s a decade from now, and in the historic town of Vigil Harbor, there is a rash of divorces among the yacht club set. Meanwhile, a marine biologist despairs with the state of the world, a scorned wife is bent on revenge, and the renowned architect Austin Kepner pursues a passion for building homes designed to withstand the escalating fury of relentless storms. His stepson, Brecht, has dropped out of college in New York and returned home after narrowly escaping one of the terrorist acts that, like hurricanes, have become increasingly common. Then two strangers arrive, and their hidden motives threaten the equilibrium of a community already confronting climate instability, political violence, and domestic upheavals.
