The Mink River (2012) by Brian Doyle. Doyle's stunning fiction debut brings a town to life through the jumbled lives and braided stories of its people. It's the tale of a town, written in a distinct and lyrical voice, and readers will close the book more than a little sad to leave the village of Neawanaka, on the wet coast of Oregon, beneath the hills that used to boast the biggest trees in the history of the world.
