The Drowning Kind

Author: Jennifer McMahon
Length: 319 pages
Publication Date: First published April 6, 2021

Book Summary: The Drowning Kind

Exercise caution with your desires.
When social worker Jax receives a flurry of nine missed calls from her estranged sister, Lexie, she initially dismisses the urgency, attributing it to yet another of Lexie’s erratic episodes. For over a year, Lexie has become increasingly detached from reality, creating an unbridgeable chasm between them. Tragically, Jax’s apprehensions are overshadowed the following day when she learns of Lexie’s untimely demise, found drowned in the pool of their grandmother’s estate. Upon her arrival at the family home to sort through her late sister’s belongings, Jax uncovers a startling revelation: Lexie had been delving into the complex history of their family and the ancestral property. As Jax immerses herself in Lexie’s research, she begins to unearth secrets that unveil a far more sinister legacy than she ever anticipated.
In a parallel narrative set in 1929, we meet Ethel Monroe, a thirty-seven-year-old newlywed consumed by her longing for motherhood. In an attempt to uplift her spirits, her husband takes her on a journey to Vermont, where they visit a state-of-the-art hotel boasting a natural spring. Ethel soon discovers that this enchanted water is reputed to fulfill wishes, a notion that fills her with hope. However, she remains blissfully unaware that the spring’s benevolence comes at a cost; it demands an equal exchange for every wish granted. This intertwining of past and present not only binds the sisters through shared tragedy but also reveals the haunting consequences of desires untempered by caution.

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