The New Midwest Fiction_Gift_Guide I should have been afraid

I should have been afraid of him

Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter

the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year

the highly personal story of a remarkable life and thoroughly accidental career

its enchanting folklore and traditions

The New Midwest Fiction_Gift_Guide I should have been afraidDives deep into Midwestern literature, unpacking the mythology of the region and how todays writers are complicating our simple idea of the Heartland. Huffington Post In the public imagination, Midwestern literature has not evolved far beyond heartland laborers and hardscrabble immigrants of a century past. But as the region has changed, so, in many ways, has its fiction. In this book, the author explores how shifts in work, class, place, race, and