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When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war, famine, envy, and desire. A crime reporter unearths an ancient mass grave only to discover that the earth refuses to give up its secrets. A lovelorn painter, a sinister con man, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As the inhabitants confront the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive and illuminates the myriad, magical ways in which we are connected to our environment, to history, and to one another.