Touch

Summary

In Sawgamet, a north woods boomtown gone bust, the cold ofwinter breaks the glass of the schoolhouse thermometer, and the dangers ofworking in the cuts are overshadowed by the mysteries and magic lurking in thewoods. Stephen, a pastor, is at home on the eve of his mother’s funeral, thirtyyears after the mythic summer his grandfather returned to the town in search ofhis beloved but long-dead wife. And like his grandfather, Stephen is forced toconfront the losses of his past.

Touch introducesyou to a world where monsters and witches oppose singing dogs and goldencaribou, where the living and the dead part and meet again in the cripplingbeauty of winter and the surreal haze of summer.