I don't know why but I tend to gravitate to books with harsh beginnings. Trudi Jackson villianizes the cruelty of war well in this WWI book. An American serves for money to survive in the drastically changing world at the start of the 1900's. He carries the horrors of war and she finds that half away around the world (the wilds of northern Idaho) she can try to heal him through her brother (a doctor who cares for him in Europe). It shows how purposes in life can make this world all too small as he ends up in the same untamed town as she had. Two people so out of place to become part of it as life guides them together with mystery and hard lessons learned in the wild west mountains. Excellent read for a feel of why those who went to escape the city, their past, or just to start life anew band together to survive in drastic siuations.
Eric Burtcher
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