The Trespasser Author:Edra Ziesk Set in the hills of Kentucky, Edra Ziesk's third novel deals with boundaries and ownership, visible and invisible, present and past. It is the gripping story of what happens to a small Appalachian community when an outsider pays an unexpected visit, and everyone discovers there are many kinds of boundaries, and more than one way to trespass. "I... more » was caught up in the stories of these people in this place and privy to their secret lives. If the novelist's first obligation is to create the world of the novel, Ms. Ziesk succeeds handsomely. A triumph."--Lee Martin, author of The Bright Forever"The Trespasser is a remarkable tale about the brief quiet times of life interrupted by events of violence that lead back to the preternatural quiet, all bound by brilliant, crystalline language that speaks to the reader without bombast or flabbiness, all of it clear, dangerous, exact, and utterly absorbing."--Paula Fox, author of Borrowed Finery "A compelling story of love and home and family, of bonds and rifts and what endures, all delivered with Ziesk's keen eye for detail, her unfailing ear for what can be said as well as what cannot, and her uncommon grace and insight."--Janet Peery, author of The River Beyond the World"The Trespasser is flawless, miraculously crafted, and deeply satisfying. Edra Ziesk's characters are honed by fierce and relentless urgency. Who is the trespasser? In this splendid and luminous novel, no one asks: they think they know."--Mary Hood, author of Familiar Heat "In Ziesk's taut and moving novel we see an isolated, tightly knit society recoil from calamity and then come to terms with it. This story has the impact--and the enlightenment--of a savage revelation."--Fred Chappell, author of Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You« less