Finding Plymm
Theo Vos comes from Ohio to Mott County, N.C. in search of answers about an ancestor whose casket had been shipped home during the Civil War but when it arrived, the body inside wasn't his. While there, Vos is hired to tutor an agoraphobic but sexually-curious teenage girl, the only child of Milo and Calla Drew.
Milo, a once renowned author, has holed himself up in the family castle too, working on a book based on the journal of Mott County's sheriff during the 1860s.
Finding Plymm weaves back and forth between Theo's developing relationships in the community and Milo's typewritten imagination.
Only the reader knows for sure, but the answer to Theo's mystery may just be under his nose.
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As Finding Plymm jumps between the past (as rendered through excerpts from Milo's first-person novel) and the present, Theo finds the answers he's searching for--and more. Brookhouse's latest novel features the same nimble prose found in his previous work, including A Pinch of Salt (2020) and Percy's Field (2018). The antiquated language of Milo's ... book within the book, is particularly pleasing. ... Brookhouse has crafted an intricate, engaging, and cohesive page-turner.
--Kirkus ReviewsBrookhouse infuses this novel with creative richness as the enigmatic characters exude an air of loneliness, all while housed in a picture-perfect castle. ... Brookhouse succinctly introduces a story within a story--one that draws parallels to [a] family's disarray and casual infidelities. ... A quest for substance in a dysfunctional family, with a sensual twist.
--PW BookLife
