Reminiscent of Anne Tyler and James M. Cain, }Sunburn{ features a remarkable heroine in Polly, who abandons her former life - having perhaps done similar in the past - with shadowy figures always interested in her whereabouts The kind of woman he picked up in a bar three years ago precisely because she had that kind of wildcat energy. And now she's vanished - at least from the life that he and his kid will live. We'll follow her, to a new town, a new job, and a new friend, who thinks he has her figured. So who is this woman who calls herself Polly?