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Small mercies, Richard Anderson

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Small mercies

Richard Anderson

After enduring months of extreme drought on their modest freehold, farming couple Dimple and Ruthie face uncertain times on more than one front. Ruthie receives the news every woman dreads. Meanwhile, Wally Oliver, a wealthy landowner, appears on the local radio station warning small farmers that they are doomed, and the sooner they leave the land to large operators like him, the better. Dimple and Ruthie decide to take a road trip to confront Oliver, and along the way, both their resolve and their relationship are tested. Desperate not to dwell on the past but to face up to the future, they make a crucial decision they soon regret. And when the storm clouds finally roll in across the land they love, there's more than rain to contend with