On August 15, 1953, the day of a tumultuous street carnival in Elephant Park, Ohio, the baker Rocco La Grassa receives a devastating piece of news: his son has died in a POW camp in Korea. Rocco's dogged life is transformed.
This unforgettable debut novel follows Rocco, an elderly abortionist, an enigmatic drapery seamstress, a teenage boy & a jeweller deep into the heart of a crime that will twist all of their lives.