[1][2] Based upon Wescott's own life and family,[3] it is told through the eyes of young Alwyn Tower who leaves the farm to live in Europe, but who remains haunted by his long-dead family members – grandparents, great-uncles and aunts, whose lives were shattered by the Civil War.
Each chapter is devoted to a different family member.
Written in a lyrical, poetic style, it is Wescott's most enduring work.
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