New York: Random House, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by the author of 'Cold Mountain', set in the mountains of North Carolina (where the author grew up) in the early 1960s. "Luce, a young woman, inherits her murdered sisters troubled twins. Before the children, Luce was content with the reimbursements of the rich Appalachian landscape, choosing to live apart from the small community around her. But the coming of the children changes everything, cracking open her solitary life in difficult, hopeful, dangerous ways." 259 pp. ISBN: 978-1400067091.