. . "Middle West" . . "fiction." . . "Wisconsin" . . . . "It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in-laws on Vinegar Hill - a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine - where calculated cruelty is a way of life preserved and perpetuated in the service of a rigid, exacting and angry God. Behind the facade of false piety, there are sins and secrets in this place that could crush a vibrant woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the strength to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves." . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . "When James Grier loses his job, he takes his family home to Wisconsin to live with his parents. But the situation becomes stifling for his wife, Ellen, who suddenly finds herself running the household of a bitter and narrow-minded mother-in-law. Yet, Ellen finds the strength to endure. Some violence."@en . . "Talking books" . "Talking books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Domestic fiction" . "Domestic fiction"@en . . . "Audiobooks"@en . . . . . . . . "It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in-laws on Vinegar Hill - a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine." . "It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in-laws on Vinegar Hill - a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine."@en . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . . . . . "A stark, troubling yet ultimately triumphant celebration of self-determination surrounding the exploits of a midwestern family and their search for strength in the all-pervading darkness."@en . . "Vinegar hill" . . . "When Ellen Grier and her family move in with in-laws on Vinegar Hill, Ellen must find the strength to endure a loveless house, that threatens to destroy everything she loves."@en . "When Ellen Grier and her family move in with in-laws on Vinegar Hill, Ellen must find the strength to endure a loveless house, that threatens to destroy everything she loves." . . . . "\"It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellie Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in-laws on Vinegar Hill--a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine--where calculated cruelty is a way of life preserved and perpetuated in the service of a rigid, exacting and angry God. Behind the facade of false piety, there are sins and secrets in this place that could crush a vibrant young woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the strength to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.\"--Container."@en . . . . . . "Vinegar Hill"@en . "Vinegar Hill" . . . .