This novel opens with nine children walking home from school in Swandyke, a small mining town in Colorado in the 1920’s. The children are buried suddenly buried under an Avalanche. Of the nine children only four survive and the story unfolds the lives of most of their family members. The main characters include the Patch sisters, who have not talked in years due to a betrayal involving a man, Joe Cobb the only black man living in Swandyke, Minder Evans a Civil War Veteran and Essie Snowball a local prostitue. In addition to these five, Grace Foote also a main
Character is married to the mine manager. Each has a very unique story to share.I felt the book moved a little slow in the beginning and was not one of Dallas’s best works but the ending wrapped things up rather nicely. It was nice to see how certain characters pulled together during the catastrophe. I would highly recommend her other book “The Persian Pickle Club” or “Prayers for Sale”.
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