Just how far would you
go to protect your family?
Cape May, New Jersey, 1916: Siblings Danny and Shannon
Culligan are trapped under the thumb of their alcoholic father.
Danny's been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Jennie
Martin- a wealthy cottager from Philadelphia- for as long as he
can remember while her cousin, Hugh, is smitten with his sister.
As the foursome struggles to surmount the class differences
between them, the nation is plunged into World War One,
changing all of their lives forever. Danny is drafted into the
Army and Hugh enlists in the Navy- defending the home front
as a lieutenant at Cape May Section Base Number 9. While Jennie
works tirelessly on the Liberty Loans campaign in Philadelphia,
Shannon finds herself ensnared in a rum ring operation as the
emperance movement ebbs closer to its goal of Prohibition.
A
sweed
saga of betrayal, lies, and loss on all sides,
Thicker Than Water, challenges readers in its exploration of the
agé old gutstion about where one's loyalties lie.