Manning Girl

"The novel is a quiet but strong tour de force."~Marly Swick, author of Evening News: A Novel

1992. Tyler Manning— high school teacher, part-time farmer, bachelor of 38—is planning his first day of summer vacation when a strange car approaches his Kansas farmhouse. By the time the battered Ford departs, Tyler is holding a three-week-old infant. The baby''s father is his estranged brother. Woven thr...