Dreaming the Marsh and the woman behind it on bUneke UnScripted

Elizabeth McCulloch was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lived in New England, the Midwest, Canada, and the South before putting down roots and finding her home in Gainesville, Florida, almost 40 years ago. Previously a lawyer, then a teacher, she has had children of various stripes. We'll learn what that means and discuss her first novel, Dreaming the Marsh.

Dreaming the Marsh is eco-fiction, an environmental fable that is uniquely Floridian. Mother Nature has had enough and a day of reckoning is coming, foretold by words that mysteriously appear on the side of a shiny new building. When the reckoning arrives, in the form of a giant sinkhole that swallows the site of a planned development, a large lake, and several miles of interstate highway, the citizens of Opakulla, Florida struggle to understand what is happening. A geologist wants to study it, the developers relish its wild beauty, and the mayor plans to stop it. Only the owner of a local café, who speaks with the Ancients, understands it, and she isn’t telling.  Infused with magical realism, and with nature so vivid it is almost a character.

 With someone who has such a colorful life, it might be a challenge, but we'll try to get through her two dozen bits of trivia within the hour.

Elizabeth's local library has just stocked 10 copies for book clubs. We're sure they'll be entranced too!

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