Hard Reckoning: Stump Creek Hill Summary

Marianne has worked in an animal shelter for more than four years. Marianne found herself at this shelter just months after walking away from her job with the poet. Marianne had been happy with the poet, organizing her office and doing other odd jobs, buying groceries and such. However, when the woman offered a position with her charity organization after Marianne began critiquing her poetry for her, Marianne felt compelled to move on. Marianne did not want her position anywhere to be too permanent.

Marianne moved on to a small town, called Sykesville, after she left the poet. There, Marianne got a job at a roadside vegetable stand and a nice room in a small hotel. When she had been there a short time, Muffin began disappearing during the day while she was at work...