Prairie Nocturne: A Novel

Prairie Nocturne is the epic saga of two former lovers sired in the pages of Ivan Doigs acclaimed Montana Trilogy. Susan Duff -- the bossy indomitable schoolgirl with a silver voice from Dancing at the Rascal Fair-- has reached middle age alone teaching voice lessons to the progeny of Helenas high society. Wesley Williamson young married heir to the Double W cattle empire has been forced out of a political career as a result of his affair with Susan having become known. Years later Wes and Susan have reunited to share in an extraordinary goal: launching the singing career of Monty Rathbun--a man on the wrong side of the racial divide. In this triumph of sure-footed storytelling motives and fates dangerously entangle. Set in Montana France Scotland and New York during the Harlem Renaissance Prairie Nocturne is a deeply longitudinal novel that raises everlasting questions of allegiance the grip of the past and the cost of passion.