Abstract
A novel extract of the downfall of a Palouse farm family, and steeped in the milieu of the American Northwest. Written in the tradition of realism and structured as a linear narrative spanning three generations, characters strive to build their lives in and around the fictional town of Bailey, Washington, elucidating the conflicts that arise when characters are confronted with emotional instability, responsibility, and tragedy, all of which are heightened by the isolation of rural living, pushing characters to their emotional breaking-points.