Breathing Lake Superior
Breathing Lake Superior by Ron Rindo, published by Brick Mantel Books in 2022, is a novel that immerses readers in the rural Midwest’s air, water, and community. The story follows Cal Franklin, who, grappling with the grief of losing his youngest child, relocates his family to a dilapidated farm in northern Wisconsin. As they adapt to a life without modern conveniences, Cal’s erratic behavior strains family bonds, leading to a series of challenges that test their resilience.
The narrative, told from the perspective of Cal’s stepson John, delves into themes of grief, faith, and community. As Cal feels compelled to preach, he constructs a small log church that draws attention from locals and beyond, especially when claims of miraculous healings emerge. This edition, comprising 256 pages, presents a poignant exploration of how overwhelming sorrow can intertwine with the hope found in faith, set against the backdrop of a small-town rural life.
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A novel steeped in the air and water and people of the rural Midwest
Overcome with grief following the death of his youngest child, Cal Franklin uproots his wife and teenaged children to a ramshackle subsistence farm in far northern Wisconsin. Withdrawn and estranged from all they know, JJ and her stepbrother, John, struggle to adapt to life off the grid and to Cal’s increasingly erratic behavior. Without electricity or even running water, the family suffers a series of calamities until Cal feels a call to preach. He builds a small log church on the property, and his unconventional message soon attracts a following. When elderly locals profess to be healed by the touch of Cal’s hands, word spreads, and desperate people descend on the church from across the country. Though overwhelmed and doubtful of his powers, in a final act of love and faith, Cal seeks to raise his young son from the dead.
Narrated by Cal’s stepson, John-named for “the chronicler of Christ’s miracles”-Breathing Lake Superior is a poignant exploration of the mystic borderland where the mental strain of overwhelming grief becomes entangled with the promise and hope of ecstatic faith.
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