The Palisades
The Palisades by Tom Schabarum, published in 2010, is a work of fiction that explores themes of family and love within the context of nature. This edition, comprising 289 pages, presents a narrative centered on Marjorie and Nicholas, a mother and son who reunite during a traumatic night in Big Sur, a location significant to their past. As they confront their shared history, Nicholas grapples with his troubled relationship with his partner, Matt, while uncovering the complexities of his mother’s life and the circumstances that led her to live in her van.
Readers will find a deep exploration of the emotional and psychological impacts of familial separation and the quest for sustainable love. The Palisades delves into the darkness of family dynamics and the healing power of nature, as Marjorie gradually reveals her story with Nicholas’s support. This narrative invites reflection on the threads of past lives that shape current identities and the choices that define their futures. The book’s focus on LGBTQ+ themes adds another layer to its exploration of love and connection.
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The Palisades revolves around family, the search for sustainable love, our place in nature and how it revives us and the threads of our past lives that inform our current ones.Marjorie and Nicholas, mother and son, come together during one traumatic night in Big Sur, the place where their lives separated decades before. Nicholas has been in a fitful relationship with his partner, Matt, for some time, but the ensuing events, after uniting with his mother, open up familial wounds that threaten them.He begins investigating what happened to his mother, which takes him deeper into the darkness of his family. His mother, Marjorie, comes back to the world slowly with Nicholas’ help and begins to reveal her side of the story and how she ended up living out of her beloved van in and around Big Sur. The Palisades delves into the aftermath of a person vanishing from their loved one’s lives and the ripples it causes in their character. After all is revealed, Nicholas and Marjorie must ultimately choose which path to take to transform their lives.
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