Heat Lightning

Eleven-year-old Mole and twelve-year-old Tilly were babies when their parents drowned one stormy night in the Kittiwake River. Their aunt's reluctance to discuss the tragedy has served only to fuel the sisters' curiosity, and together they have constructed an elaborate myth about that night. But in one long, hot summer, their story - and thus their whole world - will be called into question.

Cohen's evocative first novel...unfolds during the hot summer when Mole is 11 years old and Tilly is about to turn 13, and the story of their parents' deaths begins to melt, to assume the fluidity that all such stories have. The New York Times Book Review Dazzling...This novel glows with intelligence, insight, and beauty. The Boston Globe A gorgeous first novel about the mystical time between childhood and maturity, when reality and fantasy seem to converge, and everything seems possible. The Denver Post Exquisitely evoked. Mademoiselle Balancing a child's curiosity and an adult's sophistication, [Cohen's prose] is itself an awakening. The Seattle Times Joyous and poetic...Like a wondrous childhood treasure rediscovered beneath the front porch steps. San Antonio-Express News Luminous. Christian Science Monitor

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