Watson, Larry

David's life is profoundly affected by the events of the summer of 1948 when his father, the town sheriff, is forced to choose between loyalty to his family, or seeking justice for young Sioux women who claim to have been molested by David's uncle, a doctor and war hero.

"From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years make to erase or fade them...". So begins David Hayden's story of what happened in Montana in 1948. The events of that cataclysmic summer permanently alter twelve-year-old David's understanding of his family: his father, a small-town sheriff; his remarkably strong mother; the Hayden's Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, whose revelations are at the heart of the story; David's uncle, a war hero and respected doctor.

Story of the events of a twelve-year-old's summer, which altered his view of his family and the world forever.

"Calvin Sidey is a cowboy of the old-school, no-guff sort--steely, hardened, with his own personal code. It's the 1960s, and he's living off the grid in a stifling trailer on the prairie when his adult son, Bill, seeks his help. A mostly absentee father, and a virtual no-show as a grandfather, Calvin nevertheless reluctantly agrees to stay with his grandchildren for a week. He decamps for his son's dark and musty basement, to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, and soon enough problems arise: a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann are increasingly aggressive, and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin only knows one way to solve a problem: the Old West way, in which scores are settled, ultimatums are issued, and your gun is always loaded. In the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic, he's a wild card and a threat.".

Internationally acclaimed painter Ned Weaver becomes obsessed with his model, leading to complications in both his marriage and his career.

David's life is profoundly affected by the events of the summer of 1948 when his father, the town sheriff, is forced to choose between loyalty to his family, or seeking justice for young Sioux women who claim to have been molested by David's uncle, a doctor and war hero.

Matthew Garth is drawn into a series of unexpected confrontations after assisting Dr. Dunbar when shooting victim Louisa Lindahl is brought into his office on Thanksgiving Day, and as his life is irrevocably changed, Matthew finds himself drawn to Louisa and the Dunbars as he searches for his own version of the American dream.