Geyser Life

by Edward Hardy

Told from the points of view of three siblings, one of whom is dead, Geyser Life, the debut novel from Edward Hardy, is the novelistic equivalent of a Hollywood buddy movie where the protagonists bicker and argue while traveling toward the inevitable epiphany at the end of their arduous journey. In this case, however, the protagonists are a brother and sister named Nate and Sarah. After the death of their mean-spirited and controlling older brother, they set off in search of the father who walked out on them after their mother died. "We'll find him and sort things out," explains Sarah. "What's a little more family dysfunction going to do to us anyway?"

244 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 1996

About the author

Edward Hardy is the author of two novels, Keeper and Kid and Geyser Life. His short stories have appeared in many magazines including: Ploughshares, GQ, Epoch, The New England Review, Boulevard and The Quarterly. He has been a newspaper reporter and editor and has taught creative writing at Cornell and Boston College He currently teaches nonfiction writing at Brown and lives outside Providence with his wife and two boys.