LaRose

Product Description

Late summer in North Dakota 1999 Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own He shoots with easy confidence but only when he staggers closer does he realise he has killed his neighbour's son Dusty Ravich the deceased boy was best friends with Landreaux's five-year-old son La Rose The two families have been close for years & their children played together despite going to different schools Landreaux is horrified at what he's done; fighting off his longstanding alcoholism he ensconces himself in a sweat lodge & prays for guidance & there he discovers an old way of delivering justice for the wrong he's done The next day he & his wife Emmaline deliver La Rose to the bereaved Ravich parents Standing on the threshold of the Ravich home they say ' Our son will be your son now' La Rose is quickly absorbed into his new family Gradually he's allowed visits with his birth family whose grief for the son & brother they gave away mirrors that of the Raviches The years pass & La Rose becomes the linchpin that links both families As the Irons & the Raviches grow ever more entwined their pain begins to subside But when a man who nurses a grudge against Landreaux fixates on the idea that there was a cover-up the day Landreaux killed Dusty
- & decides to expose this secret
- he threatens the fragile peace between the two families