Set amid the wild beauty of Idaho’s backcountry, a young shepherdess and her “brother” desperately try to fight the odds when their future collides with the past.
1929. Fourteen-year-old Lily Statton and eleven-year-old Davy think it’s going to be just another summer herding the family’s sheep in the mountains. But things take an unexpected turn when their adoptive ma goes missing, and Sheriff Jack Tanner gets involved in the search. Sympathizing with the children’s plight, Jack is drawn into their abused and neglected lives. As Jack helps Lily uncover her ma’s buried secrets, they expose a stunning ten-year-old crime with a heartbreaking truth that will forever change their lives.
Lost and Broken Things explores the far-reaching consequences of selfish desire, and the role of happenstance, luck, and even the hand of God in the shaping of our lives. It is a heartfelt story of fierce loyalty, gut-wrenching choices, and the incredible power of love and family.
Linda Sandifer
is the award-winning author of fourteen novels. She and her husband live in Idaho’s Snake River Valley and spend summers at their ranch in the Blackfoot Mountains. Homesteaded in 1915 by her grandfather, the ranch is the setting for Lost and Broken Things.
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