Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, Thorliff's goal of becoming a writer is within reach. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when an epidemic hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota, following the Red River flood of 1897. Thorliff returns home to help family and friends recover from the aftermath of the disaster.
- ISBN10 141040899X
- ISBN13 9781410408990
- Publish Date 1 October 2008 (first published 1 March 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 January 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Cengage Gale
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 539
- Language English