The Trouble Up North
by Travis Mulhauser
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Pub Date Mar 11 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
An atmospheric, haunting novel about a family of bootleggers, their troubled history, and the land that binds them.
The Sawbrooks have lived on prime real estate on the lakes of Michigan since before there was prime real estate. A family of smugglers and bootleggers, every man, woman, and child in each generation has been taught to navigate the nooks and crannies of the rivers and highways that flow in and out of Canada. The hidden routes are the family's legacy.
But today, the Sawbrooks are deeply fractured, and the money that's sustained the family is running out. Edward, the Sawbrook patriarch, is dying from cancer, and his wife, Rhoda, is bitterly disappointed in her three adult children. The eldest daughter, Lucy, is now a park ranger, working to federally protect the land against her mother’s will; the middle son, Buckner, hasn’t been the same since he came back from the army suffering from alcoholism; and the youngest daughter, Jewell, is wasting her potential as a card player and bartender.
When Jewell is asked to commit a crime for a major insurance payout, she agrees, eager for the cash, but too late, she realizes that that the boat she torched wasn't empty...
Together, the Sawbrooks will have to contend with the old, familial ways and the new, shifting world, and face each other—and their pain-filled past—to smuggle one more thing through and out of their land to safety.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781538767986 |
| PRICE | $29.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
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Featured Reviews
Librarian 31589
Every region of our country has stories of the first families that held land, cherished it, and would do anything short of betraying family for that land. They were pioneers, bootleggers, poachers, smugglers, doing what they had to to survive and rise. The novels always seem to be about Appalachia, Deep South, Texas or the like. This one is set in Michigan, my home state. “Up north” in Michigan is the northern lower peninsula, not the upper peninsula as a non-Michigander would guess. Well written with believable characters. A far-fetched tale that I found believable, oft told conflicts told in a new way.
Donna K, Librarian
This story of a colorful and eccentric family takes place on the lake shores of Michigan. Those very same shorelines provided the livelihood for the Sawbrook family for generations.
Years have passed; developers have circled and have landed, wanting the land; and the family is running out of time and of money. Will they be able to keep their valuable heritage, or will it become more golf courses and condominiums?
This novel takes the reader on a wild ride as the youngest grown daughter, Jewell, tries to cash in on some quick money to aid her family in their quest to keep their land.
It's a story of what one will do not only for love of land, but more importantly, love of family.
This novel will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page.
Thank you, NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing, for this family saga mystery.
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