by Daniel Mason
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A Single house deep in the woods of New England is home to Runaways and visionaries, inseparable twins, a lovelorn painter, a desperate mother and a ruthless conman.
When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and inhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples.
A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire.
A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass grave, only to discover that the earth refuses to give up its secrets. A forlorn painter, a sinister con man, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle.
As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.
The magisterial and highly inventive novel from the Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason brims with love and madness, humour and hope.