"Reliance, Illinois has it all—mystery, politics, war; love, death, and art. Every page is a pleasure."—Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesReliance, Illinois tells the s
In the small settlement of Motherlode, a group of disparate characters have set up a community, held together by the formidable Emaline, hostess of the Wayside Inn. It is there that Alex, on the run f
Disguising herself as a boy and hiding in the melee of the gold rush to escape her past, Alex endures alongside hardscrabble prospectors and raises suspicions in formidable proprietor Emaline, who ext
Mary Volmer’s Reliance, Illinois offers a large-hearted look at the stories animating a small town: gossip, murder, love and hate, lace making and drunken fist fights, sinners, saviors, and even an ap
