"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"--Amazon.com.
I was totally into this family's story, throughout all three generations. I wanted to stay with them even longer; I would have been okay with the book being twice as long, especially since Rasmussen's writing is so lovely and easy to get lost in. She has a knack for bringing a setting to vivid life in relatively few words. More of my thoughts on this title can be found on my blog at A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall.
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