Live Oak Lane

Beth Nixon Weaver

In the wake of a devastating hurricane, an ambitious project to control future flooding by channelizing the vast Kissimmee River into a concrete ditch becomes so successful that it ushers in unprecedented growth. Yet as the process of ‘taming Mother Nature’ destroys the diverse ecosystem and profoundly affects their way of life, neighbors rise up against one another. Set against the turbulent Sixties, their clashing perspectives mirror the deeper social inequities they are grappling with.

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