ICEHOUSE

This 1980s historical novel takes you from the Big Apple to Quebec Canada and the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, ending with a phone call to South Orange, New Jersey. The leading character is a young lawyer, who encounters several famous figures and seeks to defend his cousin charged with murder. Along that journey he discovers who his biological father really was, and the existence of a half-brother. Through this self-awareness odyssey, he came to love a Black woman and overcame his abhorrence of gay folks, both men and women.

 “Icehouse is a cleverly crafted novel that transports readers back to small-town Adirondacks during the 1980s. Rother weaves well-researched historical details with complex characters to create a compelling tale full of twists and turns.”
— Aurora McCaffrey, Essex County Historian and the Adirondack History Museum Director