vFrom the celebrated author of The Bird Sisters, a gorgeously rendered and

emotionally charged novel that spans generations, telling the story of two
siblings, raised apart, attempting to share a life.

It is 1938 when Eveline, a young bride, follows her husband into the wilderness of
Minnesota. Though their cabin is rundown, they have a river full of fish, a garden
out back, and a new baby boy named Hux. But when Emil leaves to take care of his
sick father, the unthinkable happens: a stranger arrives, and Eveline becomes
pregnant. She gives the child away, and while Hux grows up hunting and fishing in
the woods with his parents, his sister, Naamah, is raised an orphan. Years later,
haunted by the knowledge of this forsaken girl, Hux decides to find his sister and
bring her home to the cabin. But Naamah, even wilder than the wilderness that
surrounds them, may make it impossible for Hux to ever tame her, to ever make up
for all that she, and they, have lost. Set before a backdrop of vanishing forest,
this is a luminous novel of love, regret, and hope.
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"If Rasmussen's characters contained such subtleties and contradictions, the novel
would be more realistic. And yet, Rasumssen makes her point about the indelibility
of trauma and the impossibility of avoiding heartbreak." - Publishers Weekly

"In this character-driven saga of friendship and the thorny bonds of family,
Rasmussen writes with wisdom and compassion about the people and places that shape
us, for better and worse." - Booklist

"Though most of her characters are deeply wounded in some way, Rasmussen shows
great compassion for them all, even the almost irredeemable Sister Cordelia.
Throughout is a theme of a need for human connection and interdependence, even
among people who choose to live apart." - Library Journal

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Rebecca Rasmussen Author Biography

Rebecca Rasmussen is the author of the novels The Bird Sisters and Evergreen. Her
stories have appeared in or won prizes from TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine,
Glimmer Train, The Mid-American Review, among other journals. She was born and
raised in the Midwest. Currently, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and
daughter and teaches English part-time at UCLA.

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