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Unforgettable, sometimes hilarious images spill from a fierce and wondrous childhood into the pages of this memoir written by the winner of the 2004 "Speakeasy" Prize for Prose.

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Rousing fun." - MinneapolisStar Tribune "A wonder of a novel, rich in history, humor, and heart, with prose that flows and sparkles like a sunlit river." - Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon "Lyrical and humorous [with] gorgeous prose . . . A rich and intricate novel full of compassion for these pioneers and the place they live." - St. Paul Pioneer Press Raised in the same small community, Clement and Angel, fraternal twins separated at ...

Practising baseball with Dad, then watching him go after a cow with a pitchfork in a fit of rage. Playing chicken on the country road with semi-trucks full of hogs. Flirting with the milkman. The ghost of a girl buried alive over a century ago. This book contains these, sometimes hilarious images from a fierce and wondrous childhood.

In the tumultuous days after World War I, Herman Richter returns from the front to find his only sister, Liesel, allied with Lester Sutter, the "slow" son of a rival clan who spends his days expertly trapping lake turtles. Liesel has sought Lester's friendship in the wake of her parents' deaths and in the shadow of her own dark secret. But what begins as yearning for something of a human touch quickly unwinds into a shocking, suspenseful trage...