Into the Wilderness

by Deborah Lee Luskin

2026 · Paperback, eBook

In 1964 Vermont, recently widowed city Democrat Rose Mayer and taciturn Republican farmer Percy Mendell clash the moment they meet — and, across the turning seasons, fall into an unexpected love. An award-winning novel about second chances at sixty-four.

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