Where the Water Meets the Sky by Diane Les Becquets
5/5/26; 320 pages
Simon & Schuster
Where the Water Meets the Sky by Diane Les Becquets is a recommended coming-of-age drama about memory and the natural world.
As a seven-year-old Abby escaped from the fire that killed her mother at their farmhouse in the upper peninsula of Michigan. She has few memories of that night and it haunts her because she fears she started it because she was found holding a book of matches. Now, over ten years later in the summer of 1996, she has returned to the area to help her Uncle Dennis with his environmental study of trees. While there she is hoping to find answers about that night as she reconnects with her Nonna, her aunts, and Brew, the cousin by marriage she’s loved since childhood.
Honestly, while I was initially reading this novel it was rated much, much higher in my estimate until the thoroughly unnecessary, unbelievable, and ridiculous twist in the plot toward the end. In one fell swoop, after the eye rolling stopped, my rating dropped two points.
Setting aside the incredulous twist, the pace is even and the writing beautifully descriptive and thoughtful as Abby reflects on the natural world around her. Abby and Seda, a local girl she meets, end up retreating to a local abandoned cabin they found where Seda becomes a friend of sorts and a safe sounding board for Abby's feelings as she tries to remember what happened years earlier.
Where the Water Meets the Sky is recommended for those who enjoy the natural world and reflective coming-of-age stories, and can ignore a very bad plot twist. Thanks to Simon & Schuster
for providing me with an
advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and
expresses my honest opinion.
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