This is the tale of three generations of an American family, the dark secrets at its core, and the forbidden transcendent love affairs that fuel the characters over the course of six decades, from the Civil War to the edge of the depression.
An epic novel of the first half of the twentieth century takes the reader to a Nova Scotian fishing town where young Henry Dorn chafes against family expectations of becoming a fisherman to find a life for himself in the wider world of New York City. By the author of In the Fall and Lost Nation. Reader's Guide available. 35,000 first printing.
Een man trekt in 1838 naar New Hampshire met een zestienjarig meisje dat hij met pokeren won.