The downstairs tenant and other stories

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15 prairie gothic stories (and one play) of Dakota at mid-20th century, a time when morals, ideals, and society in general were in flux. These characters struggle with overwhelming loss, tenuous faith, persistent doubt, nagging obsessions, haunted affection and, of course, an unpredictable natural world in which they ultimately find themselves exposed and vulnerable.