Groundwater contrasts urban life with rural isolation, featuring protagonists John and Liz seeking a fresh start in a remote cabin. An unexpected inheritance leads them to hope that this change will rejuvenate their strained relationship after their struggles with infertility. Foreboding elements intensify as they encounter an injured fawn and a mysterious local warden, setting the stage for darker events as tensions arise with Monica's family and unexpected visitors. The story builds an atmosphere of anxiety and moral complexities through interactions and ominous occurrences, reflecting unresolved personal and external conflicts.
McMullan immerses the reader in a stifling summer atmosphere where uneasy tensions and unresolved relationships reign, exemplified by the haunting encounter with the injured baby deer.
The setting transitions from an urban life to rural isolation, amplifying moral conflicts and psychological strains through unsettling interactions with strangers and impending calamities.
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