Grist

Penelope MacLaughlin marries a miller and gradually discovers he is not as she imagined. His increasing absences leaves Penelope to run the mill herself, providing her with a living but also destroying the people she loves most. A series of betrayals leaves her with nothing but the mill and her determination to save her grandchildren from their disturbed father. Linda Little's novels include "Scotch River," which won the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.