Falling Upwards

Neva Jones is on a quest. But she's not quite sure what she's questing for. A crow told her to take off all the iron she wore, a stag told her to get a lock of pale hair and a lock of dark, and an owl told her to jump into a lake. Neva is a businesswoman in Alabama, the New South, not a character in some fair tale novel - but she'll step into this quest business if it means no longer feeling like she's going insane; she'll dive right into the lake and a crazy dream-world where nothing makes sense, giants speak in riddles, surfers throw tea parties, and there's ocean as far as the eye can see.