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Rhodes, David, 1946-

Driftless / David Rhodes.

First paperback edition.

Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2009.

429 pages ; 23 cm

Words, Wisconsin, an anonymous town of only a few hundred people. But under its sleepy surface, life rages. Cora and Graham guard their dairy farm, and family, from the wicked schemes of their milk co-op. Lifelong paraplegic Olivia suddenly starts to walk, only to find herself crippled by her fury toward her sister and caretaker, Violet. Recently retired Rusty finds a cougar living in his haymow, dredging up haunting childhood memories. Winifred becomes pastor of the Friends church and stumbles on enlightenment in a very unlikely place. And July Montgomery, both private and gregarious, instigates a series of events that threatens the town's solitude and doggedly suspicious ways.

Prologue -- No Reason -- A Nation of Families -- Scheduled Violence -- Mottled Sunlight -- Grief -- Painted Bodies and Orange Fires -- Gathering Evidence -- Think Less, Do More -- Protecting Papers -- Keeping a Respectful Distance -- Humped Floors -- A Room without Furniture -- Faith Keeps No Treasure -- Broken Things -- Hot Milk -- Hiring Help -- Perpetual Perishing -- Epiphany -- Theft -- Visitor -- Straight Flush -- Testimony -- A Private Heaven -- Work Begins -- Letter to the Editor -- Fire in the Field -- A New Song -- Finishing Up -- Snow -- Remembered Love -- Desperation -- Completing the Circle -- Family -- Envy -- Seeking Help -- Theodyssey -- Fear -- Reunion -- Don't Go That Way -- Measuring Up -- The Meaning of Truth -- A Fragile Balance -- Insurgency -- Slaughter -- Fighting Dogs -- The Thief -- The Universal Acorn -- Hunting -- Spring -- New Love -- Keeping in One's Place -- Mushrooms Are Up -- Making Bail -- The Heartland Federal Reserve -- Inside the Neighbor's House -- Trapped by the Past -- Value -- Letting Go -- Lawyers -- Resemblance -- The County Fair -- Making Other Arrangements -- Meeting at Snow Corners -- The Look of Death -- Finding July -- Selling Land -- Inside the Church -- The Funeral -- Driftless.

"Milkweed national fiction prize" -- Cover.

Includes a reading group guide.

City and town life -- Fiction.

Wisconsin -- Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

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