It seems unfair that A Gathering Light, a winner of the Carnegie Award in 2003, is so little known. It is a terrific book, with a great heroine, plausible and considerable conflicts, murder, love and friendships. It captures totally the harshness of life in the early 20th century for farming families in the northeastern US, and also the impact of the modern world on places that might otherwise have remained backwaters. It is a gripping and satisfying read that I cannot recommend highly enough.

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