Shelterbelts by Candace Simar - Cover Art

Shelterbelts

Tia Fiskum, the old maid of Tolga Township, yearns to retain her hold on the family farm after her shell-shocked brother returns from World War II. The neighbor she hopes to marry chooses a town girl for his new wife.The Potato King listens to the radio preacher and prays for a miracle. Eddy Root fears a return to the asylum. A German war bride struggles to find acceptance in this tight-knit Scandinavian community. Woven throughout is the man who walks lizards, a grieving father, a disillusioned pastor and the neighborhood gossipmonger. Shelterbelts chronicles the life of a community struggling to return to normal after war, true to history while rich in the complications of the human spirit.

Review of Shelterbelts:

“Shelterbelts is a wonderful novel, full of vivid writing and fierce characters with a passion for finding their place in the world despite the cruelties of war and the realities of living on the land. Like Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg Ohio, this book explores the secret yearnings of the heart that promise to connect us if we take the time to discover them in each other. Readers are going to fall in love with Simar’s Tolga Township!”

Jonis Agee, Award-winning Author of River Wife

Book Details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0878398171
Publisher ‏ : ‎ North Star Press of St. Cloud; Large type / Large print edition (May 1, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780878398171
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0878398171
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches

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