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Set against the backdrop of the brooding and sensual canyon, a young woman's heart awakens and a decades-old mystery is solved When Jane Merkle arrives in the tiny town of Flagstaff, Arizona, with her much older husband on a summer day in 1951, she hasn't any idea that her life is about to... read more
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En route from St. Louis to visit her in-laws in Flagstaff, Ariz., young Jane Merkle meets two women botanists on the train. Their paths cross again after Jane, having lost her luggage and traded her fancy dresses for dungarees and a butterfly net, becomes enthralled with her new surroundings... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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- Oliver Hedquist: Add a description of this character.
- Jane Merkle
- Morris
- Dotty Hedquist
- Hugh
- Euell Wigglesworth
- Lois
- Louis Schellbach
- Ewell
- Emery Kolb
- Dr. Bryant
- Martin
- Lowell Dunhill
- Elzada
- Dr. Clover
- Amadeo
- Ellsworth
- Gavvy
- Mrs. Cutter
- Louie
- Ranger Wigglesworth
- Lulu
- Miss Jotter
- Owen Dunhill
- Haas
- Gavia Immer
- Donny
- Loie
First Sentence edit
The trail to the river is steep, the footing unreliable.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Margaret Erhart (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Plume
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0452295491
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Plume
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0452295491
Page Count: 352
Awards edit
- Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (Finalist, 2008)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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