The Prologue begins in 1945 with two women entering a house that has been vacant for years. One of the women knew the lady of the house and instantly remembered things such as Ellen buying the chairs. Outside she remembered that Ellen kept an excellent garden. And beautiful flowers. Ellen made Hollyhock dolls for the neighbor’s girls.
The place, Wyoming, eastern Wyoming. The time, 1916. The view, open prairie. A wide, lonesome prairie where the coyotes howl mostly at night. The couple, Charlie Bacon and Ellen Webster, And how these two loved each other. The reader learns this immediately so I’m giving nothing away.
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