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Starred Review on February 1, 2017 | Fiction
Set in 1972 and based on a true incident, Canty's tale is a poignant look at the hardworking, hard-living folks in a small Idaho town. They stay despite the poisonous dirt because working at the silver mine is the only good paying job around. Just when David Wright thinks he has escaped by going to college in Montana, he is pulled back to fight the demons he thought he had left behind. A fire in the main mine shaft has unmoored the fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More