Something wondrous happens each day in the telephony where Jenna Archer is the de facto curator. Regular visitors receive calls from their pasts with hopes of regaining their futures.
Despite these brushes with the mystical, Jenna's life is shrinking.
Her brother Brian went missing seventeen years ago, and her mother's vigil is more prison than sanctuary.
A telephone rings for Jenna. She speaks to the last person to see her brother.
She must find the man in the present to discover what he knows about Brian's disappearance or risk being shackled to her past forever.
"Patti Hill knows everyday magic can transform ordinary lives: a kind word, a window open to the sea breeze, the ring of a telephone. The San Clemente Bait Shop and Telephony is that rare novel with the power to pick you up by the ordinary and transport you to the magical where you will wish to reside long after you turn the last page. You'll cheer for Jenna, and for Patti Hill."
Bonnie Grove, bestselling author of Talking to the Dead
"Patti Hill is a master at writing the deeply flawed, vulnerable, and shockingly real characters that work their way into the heart of the reader. Jenna Archer of The San Clemente Bait Shop and Telephony is no exception. Hers is a story of loss, rejection, dysfunction, and ultimately hope in the midst of so much muck and mire of life. Walking around in Jenna's flip-flops wasn't always comfortable, but it did change me in no small way. And, for that, I am once again grateful to have read Patti Hill's work."
Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust
"Patti Hill finds the most amazing things to write about, and the San Clemente Bait Shop and Telephony is no exception. In this magical realism story, a ringing telephone is no ordinary occurrence, and if you dare to answer, there's no telling where the call will take you. An excellent story told by an excellent storyteller."
Sharon K. Souza, author of The Color of Sorrow Isn't Blue
"In the midst of an imaginative mysterious telephony, Patti creates rich and complex characters who draw us in and invite us to find a deeper courage - the courage to hope and to change."
Sharon Hinck, award-winning author
Genre: Inspirational
Despite these brushes with the mystical, Jenna's life is shrinking.
Her brother Brian went missing seventeen years ago, and her mother's vigil is more prison than sanctuary.
A telephone rings for Jenna. She speaks to the last person to see her brother.
She must find the man in the present to discover what he knows about Brian's disappearance or risk being shackled to her past forever.
"Patti Hill knows everyday magic can transform ordinary lives: a kind word, a window open to the sea breeze, the ring of a telephone. The San Clemente Bait Shop and Telephony is that rare novel with the power to pick you up by the ordinary and transport you to the magical where you will wish to reside long after you turn the last page. You'll cheer for Jenna, and for Patti Hill."
Bonnie Grove, bestselling author of Talking to the Dead
"Patti Hill is a master at writing the deeply flawed, vulnerable, and shockingly real characters that work their way into the heart of the reader. Jenna Archer of The San Clemente Bait Shop and Telephony is no exception. Hers is a story of loss, rejection, dysfunction, and ultimately hope in the midst of so much muck and mire of life. Walking around in Jenna's flip-flops wasn't always comfortable, but it did change me in no small way. And, for that, I am once again grateful to have read Patti Hill's work."
Susie Finkbeiner, A Cup of Dust
"Patti Hill finds the most amazing things to write about, and the San Clemente Bait Shop and Telephony is no exception. In this magical realism story, a ringing telephone is no ordinary occurrence, and if you dare to answer, there's no telling where the call will take you. An excellent story told by an excellent storyteller."
Sharon K. Souza, author of The Color of Sorrow Isn't Blue
"In the midst of an imaginative mysterious telephony, Patti creates rich and complex characters who draw us in and invite us to find a deeper courage - the courage to hope and to change."
Sharon Hinck, award-winning author
Genre: Inspirational
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