Foreclosure Gothic

A multi-generational and deeply autobiographical gothic tale of Hollywood dreams and upstate New York reality that feels like Andre Dubus III meets Chantal V. Johnson. Foreclosure Gothic reimagines the American Gothic against the backdrop of today’s Hudson Valley. The story tells of ex-Hollywood actor Vic Greener as he falls in love with the elusive Heather Roswell and the couple,following in the footsteps of Vic’s fatherresolves to make a life restoring one foreclosed home after another. Then comes the uncannydestabilizing arrival of new tenants in their duplexand the Greener’s shocking discovery upon their departure. With evocative and unsettling black and white photos throughoutthis debut novel is at once a skewed portrait of three generations of Greener menan intimate look at both childhood and parenthood and an examination of the friction between chasing one’s dream and working to make money.