Hidden View

Hidden View depicts a couple determined to economically persevere on a multi-generational farm. When a prodigal brother reappears, threatening ownership of the land, the marriage frays as the woman draws amorously nearer to the husband’s brother. The novel unfolds as Fern struggles with whether to stay or go, and how to raise her small daughter within the tightening weave of a collapsing relationship. The book twines love of the Vermont landscape – both harsh and beautiful – with a woman’s quest to determine her fate.

Brett Ann Stanciu of Brattleboro, VT

Brett studied philosophy and writing at Marlboro College (Vermont), and completed graduate work at Western Washington University. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Long Story, Iowa Woman, Taproot, and Vermont Literary Review. With her family, she is a sugarmaker in northern Vermont.