Debut novel by award-winning author: Offers fresh, original storytelling for audiobook lovers
Focus on ecological and financial catastrophe: Explores pressing environmental and economic issues through a personal lens
Multigenerational farm family narrative: Delivers deep insight into family dynamics and generational trauma
Engaging character-driven plot: Keeps listeners invested as characters navigate adversity
Richly developed voices and themes: Enhances the immersive listening experience
Summarized by Shop
Financial and ecological realities tear at the heart of a multigenerational farm family in this debut novel from a “deft and daring” (Los Angeles Times) Whiting Award winner. Maggie Brandt is finishing her third season as a small-scale organic vegetable farmer in rural Colorado when the Great Recession of 2008 hits. After months of unemplo
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