Stiltsville: A Novel

"A wise and loving portrait of a marriage. . . . Susanna Daniel writes beautifully of matters of the heart." — Jennifer Haigh, author of The Condition

Against a vivid South Florida background, Susanna Daniel’s Stiltsville offers a gripping, bittersweet portrait of a marriage—and a romance—that deepens over the course of three decades.

One sunny morning in 1969, 26 year old Frances Ellerby finds herself in a place called Stiltsville, a community of houses built on pilings in the middle of Bis...