“I love a good Northwest novel. This one is set in the fictional town of Port Bonita on the Olympic Peninsula and intercuts stories from two time periods, 1890 and 2006, each with its own cast of fascinating Northwest characters. Wonderfully funny in spots, it nonetheless asks serious questions about our relationship to the land, to history and to the future, as well as to each other. A big book and a satisfying one.”—Andy, The Duck Store, Eugene