Review of "A Slant of Light" by Jeffrey Lent

This most recent book from Jeffrey Lent creates the atmosphere and life during the aftermath of the Civil War in western New York around the Finger Lakes. The story opens with the killing of a hired man by Malcolm Hopeton not long after he returns to his farm after the war. He inadvertently causes his wife's death, also. The characters in the book are very well drawn and life on the farm is described in great detail. The spiritual and moral beliefs of these hard-working people are depicted, too. The language that comes out of their mouths rings true.