My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Starred Review on September 1, 2013 | Fiction
This brief novel, set in the small Missouri town of West Table, centers on the mysterious 1929 explosion and fire at the Arbor Dance Hall and its effects on a local family across three generations. Among the 43 people killed was Alma DeGeer Dunahew's younger sister Ruby DeGeer. Forever after haunted by the incident, Alma, a maid for one of the town's ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More