A "BookPage" Best Book of the Year
It is 1938 when Eveline, a young bride, follows her husband, Emil, into the Minnesota wilderness. Though their cabin is rundown, they have a river full of fish, a garden out back, and a baby boy named Hux. But when Emil leaves to take care of his sick father, a dangerous stranger arrives, fracturing their small family forever and leaving Hux to grow up wondering if the wrongs of the past can ever be mended.
Set before a backdrop of vanishing forest, Rebecca Rasmussen has written a luminous and emotionally charged novel about how one defining moment...

Mal selbstbewusst, mal unsicher, mal frech oder sentimental setzt sich die Erzählerin mit ihrer Familie, der Schule, ihren Mitschülern und sich selbst und ihrer ersten großen Liebe auseinander