Crows over a Wheatfield Author:Paula Sharp This extraordinary bestseller, set in small-town Wisconsin and spanning thirty years, is the story of Judge Melanie Klonecki, the daughter of an abusive and brilliant criminal defense lawyer. Returning to the rural landscape of her youth, Melanie befriends the flamboyant Mildred Steck, a woman who leads an insurrectionist movement and creates an... more » underground railroad for mothers and children whom the courts and child custody laws have failed to protect from domestic violence. Crows Over a Wheatfield is a triumphant fusion of the personal and political -- a controversial, suspenseful story written with rare beauty and insight.« less
You can't help but get involved with all the characters in Crows over a Wheatfield from page one. There's lots of foreshadowing of sad things to come which kept me worried and up at night reading "just one more chapter". Quirky people abound but they're just normal enough to identiy with them and make you wonder if people like them might actually live somewhere you've been. A thread of the believable winds through the unbelievalbe.