Junction, Utah

2014 Willa Literary Award Winner for Original Softcover Fiction. River guide Madeline Kruse has lived on the move and in pain with a family secret most of her life. In the tiny town of Junction, Utah, a corner of the world time has passed over, she meets alfalfa farmer Chris Sorensen, alone since his brother's enlistment in the U.S. Marines post 9/11. Through Chris and a drama taking place deep in the Utah backcountry, Madeline learns that the wilderness she's come to love is threatened and that she must finally dig into her family's past if she is to find peace and her place by the river.