Starfish
The Arbitrary Ocean
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That terrible night, the 1st of May in 1985, the storm ROSE (so named by the weather service) hit the East End of Long Island. As Violet held in her arms, the illegitimate baby of her husband, Bud Rose, in a house in East Moriches at that very moment, a gray ford car driving fast on Dune Road, Westhampton Beach, flipped over, with the child's true mother and Violet's brother inside. Huge waves pulled the vehicle out to sea.
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Starfish continues the story of Bud and Violet Rose with the baby girl they call Starfish. As Deputy Sheriff of Suffolk County, Bud pursues a drug cartel that plagues the community. Much of the action takes place in Montauk on the southeastern tip of Long Island where the boats come in with their supply not only of fish but also the illegal substance called White Sugar. Throughout the story, the turbulent ocean mirrors the tumult in the lives of the characters.
About the Author
Elizabeth Cooke, born and bred in New York City, graduate of Vassar College and The Sorbonne, is the author of a memoir and several books about Paris. “Starfish” is the second book in The Rose Trilogy, “Violet Rose” being the first, and the third, titled “Violet”, to be published in late 2017. The three are all set on the East End of Long Island where the author lived for over 30 years.