I read Peace Like a River years ago when a friend told me it was the best book he ever read - so it has been a long time waiting for a new story from Enger. A freak accident on an icy road leaving Virgil with memory and language that are no longer the same as they once had been. This takes place in the Midwest, where I am from, so that makes it even more attractive and compelling. What happens to a person when they are altered like this? What happens to their relationships with their family and friends? What happens if he really does not know who he is or where he belongs? Will he begin a new life as a totally different person or will he find his way back to where he came from? All this the reader will discover.