Reading group guide for book clubs in the back of the book.
Summary:
"The spellbinding prequel to the acclaimed Cork O'Connor series. Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota's Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, when twelve-year-old Cork O'Connor stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. Cork's father, Liam, is Aurora's sheriff, and it is his job to confirm that the man's death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father's official investigation, Cork begins to lok for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right." -- back cover.
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