We just discussed this book last night at book club. Many of us were fortunate enough to meet and hear the author a few weeks ago. Her research into the TVA building of dams and bringing electricity to East Tennessee was evident and never boring. The plot line of a three year old child going missing days before the land was to be flooded by the TVA was a driving force, however the narrative also drove the novel. Our discussion wandered into extended family relationships and also the hardship on folks that are uprooted from their homes for the greater good, especially after having lived and worked the land for sometimes more than one or two generations.