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.
Part II is so engaging...I blew through it in a day. The story telling just sucks you in, even when nothing earth-shattering or mind blowing has exactly happened. You just want to know more.