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I was active in the anti-war movement in the late 1960s and found Ergnoski's depiction of those times as one of the very best of any I've ever read in a novel.
The story takes place primarily in the present, and I particularly appreciated the way she framed the story with the danger of wildfires raging throughout Florida to echo the political fires that raged in the 60s of the main character's youth. The novel is, at heart, about a sibling relationship and the different roles children take on within a family constellation.
The author depicts their emotions and inner…
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