Great Book. It's a turn of the Century Western set in the North West for a change. It's great writing that doesn't necessarily take you where you want to go. Not everything is neat & tidy with happy endings which makes it all the more realistic and satisfying. It's a great story about being grounded in the earth and in unconventional families. The book explores family imperfections and how you don't have to share blood to have that familial unconditional love. It isn't blood that creates that, it's understanding why a person is the way they are.