The Heart is an Estuary, and Life is in the Cemetery - Jason Balistreri - Bog

The novel is about John Powell, a high school teacher, and his relationship with a woman named Samantha that he meets in graduate school. John lives close to two cemeteries and the lives of people long gone are interspersed throughout the story. John feels like an outsider and is trying to pursue being a writer while navigating a relationship where both parties have deep scars.