Blackfen

Blackfen follows Maren Calloway, a photo restorer with an unusual gift: she can feel the emotional residue left in objects and places — grief, love, longing — as tangibly as physical sensation. Exhausted by years of absorbing the emotional noise of city life, she relocates to Blackfen, a small, weathered coastal town, hoping for quieter surroundings.The novel opens as she finishes restoring a wart...