Contents

Epigraph

Map

Author’s Note

One

The boy, Gabriel, and his father stopped for the night…

Two

You could ask anybody in Ambient: Fred Carpenter’s new wife,…

Three

Anna Grey Graf—Mrs. G. to her fifth-grade students—was driving…

Four

Circle of Faith meetings were held at the Fair Mile…

Five

It was a cold, clear morning in March, sunlight skating…

Six

Cherish Mader sat at her bedroom desk, physics textbook open,…

Seven

Snow was falling as Stan Pranke pulled up in front…

Eight

His body was warm when I touched it. There was…

Nine

Paul Zuggenhagen lay with his head beneath his pillow and…

Ten

All day it had rained, the sort of warm, prattling…

Eleven

Ruthie Mader sat up in bed, watched the sun push…

Coda

What I remember most about the River Angel Shrine is…


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