The Simple Life
In middle-age, Isabel Rawlings breaks out of the stifling, sterile cage that late 20th century America has built for her, and steps boldly into the oozing mud of her fantasy-driven new “simple life” in Severance, Vermont.
Ordinary Magic
The first thing that happens is that Cal Willard gets shot in the foot. It’s 1977, the day after Thanksgiving, which means that deer season is almost over. Cal’s brother George goes to the hospital to see him, even though he hasn’t had much to do with Cal for years, really since he got a law degree and moved to town. George has two daughters, now both grown up.
A deeply engaging rural tragedy, with overtones of James Agee's A Death in the Family....
Tom Slayton
retired editor, Vermont Life Magazine
With her straightforward, no-nonsense prose, Ruth Porter has staked a claim on our American literary soil, evoking rural Vermont with the skill of the region’s finest craftsmen....
James Wilcox
author of Modern Baptists
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