“All about passion, whether for . . . romance or adventure, this sweeping debut renders poetically the dynamics of desire.”— Kirkus Reviews The year is 1900 in gold-prospecting Alaska. Essie, a Midwestern farm girl fleeing from a stormy marriage, joins up with prospectors bound for Nome, where the golden sands teem with dreamers, schemers, and high rollers. When Leonard, Essie's stubborn and volatile husband,...
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