Book: Homing Instincts

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Homing Instincts

Karen Guzman, senior communications writer at the Yale School of Management

(Fiction Attic Press)

Karen Guzman’s novel is a story of loss, change, and transcendence. It follows Seth Hingham, a young wildlife biologist, as he struggles to put his life back together after his news anchor girlfriend walks out on him and his much-loved father dies.

Seth longs to retreat to the pristine woodlands of New England’s North Country, where he believes anonymity and solitude will heal his wounds. But a slow job market forces him to first make a detour to his Connecticut hometown.

Old ghosts appear, as Seth’s cousin concocts a plan to honor the memory of a high school classmate killed in a long-ago accident for which Seth has always felt responsible. At the same time, changing family dynamics in the wake of his father’s death topple the old status quo as Seth struggles to determine who he is and where he belongs. A chance at new love with a spirited, yet fragile, single mother further complicates the picture.

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