Ghosts of Birch Lake

"A lake, like a forest, is timeless, mysterious, and, depending on your point of view, either magical or frightening." In Ghosts of Birch Lake, four narrators provide oral histories covering a quarter century from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. They tell their stories as they orbit around the enigmatic central character, who seems to lead a charmed life. Along the way, the main settings-bustling Chicago and a rustic resort in Wisconsin's north woods-virtually become characters in their ...