Stiltsville

Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

Adult New Fiction Daniel


This piece of domestic fiction follows 26 year old Frances Ellerby on her first trip to Miami in a community of houses built on stilts in Biscayne Bay called Stiltsville. There she meets Dennis DuVal, the owner, and it isn't long before she moves from Atlanta to become part of his world, which includes his parents, his wild sister Bette, with whom she lives for a time, and his friend Marse who becomes her best friend.

Dennis and Francis eventually marry and have a daughter. Their life is wound into Miami's lush tropical beauty and way of life. They take their boat out to Stiltsville to fish, eating out on porches. They don't have many friends, mostly Dennis's parents, Bette and Marse and her various boyfriends of the moment. Neither Franny nor Dennis is extraordinary, but they have a singular love that enables them to ride out hurricanes and temptations and that holds them up when difficult times come. A heartwarming and unforgettable book.