Damnation Spring

What were some of the techniques Davidson used to transport the reader to her novel’s setting? Make reference to place, time, description, and characterization.

What can readers concerned about the environment today learn from a story like this about a similar struggle in the 1970s?

What role does gender play in this community? What sort of lives do the women in the story lead, and what might their prospects look like in the aftermath of the story’s events?