Naked in the Wind
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Publisher Description
It is the aftermath of a tragic automobile accident.
Elizabeth and Philip Boucher and their grown son Paul
have plunged over a cliff into the ocean. Their bodies
are never recovered. Ralph Shannon, an invalid and the
family patriarch and Jenny, his twenty-two year old
granddaughter remain desolate in their home on the
California coast. Michael, Jenny's fianc, is devastated
to have her withdraw from him to cling to her grieving
grandfather. While agonizing over his dead daughter's
portrait, Ralph decides to commission Gilbert Engress,
a noted artist, to paint Jenny. What ensues is a
passionate love affair. While on the beach Jenny spots a
fisherman dressed as her father, fishing from his
favorite site. Her hysterics causes him to disappear.
Comforting her Gilbert insists it is a cruel coincidence.
While his passions are waning, she is more enamored.
Ralph, who detested his son-in-law, also sees the
fisherman. Who is he? Ralph's recollections offer the
reader a history of early Carmel, and San Francisco
from the 1906 earthquake through to 1971, which
includes Cal Berkeley. There is a double twist ending.