The Monsters of Templeton"

I finished this book by Lauren Groff. I enjoyed it but there were parts that left me a little confused until later in the book. It's loosely based on Cooperstown, NY even though the author has renamed it Templeton in the book. It spans two centuries: part a contemporary story of a girl's search for her father, part historical and part ghost story. It's basically a town that holds the secrets of a family. It even has it's own "lake monster" that unfortunately is found dead in the beginning of the book. Since I've been doing family tree searches for about two years now, this book held some interest. The main character was busily searching her family history which was also the key to finding her biological father.