by Bonnie Jo Campbell
review by M. Meyer
Q Road takes place in rural Western Michigan where Potawatomi Indians once built mound gardens until they were driven off by farmers who are now working fourteen hour days trying to save their farms from encroaching land developers. It is a story of the relationships within a neighborhood of quirky characters, including a sixth generation farmer and his rifle toting child bride, an evangelical bartender, a door- to-door window salesman who loves women of all ages, his young wife who dreams of killing him or moving into a more stylish house, and an asthmatic boy who yearns for the love of a father. It is the story of the loss of an integral landmark and scene of a crime and a mysterious disappearance never quite unraveled. But mostly, it is the story of three people fiercely devoted to the land and learning to be connected as a family.
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