After the loss of their mother, the Jones children--Larken, Gaelan, and Bonnie--have grown into adulthood under the shadow of unresolved grief and become encased in town myth. Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of An...

Exuberant, heartbreaking, and alive with a potpourri of eccentric and irresistible characters, this novel explores the saving graces of surrogate families and shows how far the tiniest repair jobs can go in righting the world's wrongs.