A "poignant and] powerful" novel about a 1920s Midwestern community in the aftermath of a devastating tornado (The New Yorker).
In March 1925, the worst tornado in the nation's history will descend without warning on the small town of Marah, Illinois. By nightfall, hundreds will be homeless and hundreds more will lie in the streets, dead or grievously injured. Only one man, Paul Graves, will still have everything he started the day with--his family, his home, and his business, all miraculously intact.