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"Remarkable. . . . A deftly woven narrative saturated with violence, hardship, and triumph. Readers will be richly rewarded, for by the end of this deeply felt novel it is hard to let the frontier town and its people go." -- San Francisco Chronicle This New York Times bestselling... Read Full Overview

The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek delivers her first novel--a stunning and mesmerizing evocation of life in the Pacific Northwest during the late 1800s. The many characters include Indian fishermen, entrepreneurs, and hermits.