The Lost Wife

Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction • From one of our most compelling and sensual writers comes a searing, immersive novel based partly on a true story, about a devastating Native American revolt and the woman caught in the middle of the conflict

A Best Book of the Year: The Wall Street Journal and The New Statesman

“A masterwork. . . . The Lost Wife evokes a profound
sense of time, place, and moral clarity.” —Esquire

In the summer of 1855, Sarah Browne abandons her husband and child to make the long and difficult journey from Rhode Island to Minnesota Territory. When she arrives at a small frontier post with no prospect of work or money, she quickly remarries and has… Keep Reading