Nancy Judd Minor

In Malheur August in 1971, Jean Algood is slowly figuring out what her parents were like back in the 1940s--and how they grew so bitter. A bossy Mormon aunt, a town librarian, an old farmer--all tell bits of an increasingly complex story about Clete and Oleta Algood. There's little room for nostalgia, but some for hope in this finely made tale.