
Elizabeth later calls Edgar, warning him that Duma Key "has never been a lucky place for daughters". Ilse becomes violently ill as they drive into an overgrown part of the island. While exploring the island with a visiting Ilse, Edgar drives past an elderly woman, Elizabeth Eastlake. Edgar brings up psychic images in his paintings he learns that his younger daughter, Ilse, is engaged to a choir singer and that his ex-wife is having an affair with his former accountant by painting these situations. He settles in with the help of Jack Cantori, a local college student.Įdgar becomes obsessively involved in his art, painting with a furious energy and in a daze. Kamen, Edgar revives his old hobby of sketching after he moves into Big Pink. Edgar's beach house is located on a part of the island called Salmon Point Edgar nicknames the house "Big Pink," because of its rich pink color. He decides to rent a beach house on Duma Key, a small island off the west coast of Florida, after reading about it in a travel brochure. Kamen, Edgar takes "a geographical": a year-long vacation meant for rest and further recovery. During one of those mood swings, he attacks his wife, who later cites that as a main reason why she divorced him. As a result, Edgar also has violent mood swings and thoughts of suicide.

Freemantle's right arm is amputated, and severe injuries to his head cause Edgar to have problems with speech, vision, and memory. Paul, Minnesota, barely survives a horrific on-site accident where his truck is crushed by a crane.
