Told in three parts named for Mary Louise, Myrtle and the town of Bloomfield, the novel follows a family from a quiet rain-soaked house in the Kentucky countryside to the crowded pavements of Louisville. Marriages, ambitions and disappointments pass from one generation to the next as town and city pull against each other.
A little-known 1920s Kentucky novel of family and community, for readers who enjoy quiet, observant regional fiction. Download the free EPUB.