Coyne understands the human heart?she knows all the dark corners, twisted by the heat and hurt of love, and she knows the odd paths back from ruin. I couldn't put it down. ?Jonis Agee, author of The River Wife In heightened , luminous prose reminiscent of the best of D.H. Lawrence, Rachel L. Coyne writes about a woman who returns to her Minnesota roots and her dysfunctional extended family in this novel of recovery and redemption. She has to hit bottom and find a way to grieve for everything that's been lost before she can live again.