This story was not for me. It reminded me of Ursula Le Guin's "Hernes" novella from [b:The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin|29868611|The Found and the Lost The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1476615440s/29868611.jpg|50237861] (the lone disappointment for me in that collection). In both stories, we get a family history covering multiple generations with detailed and varied characters. And in both cases, I felt like I was reading an appendix rather than a book.

I love digging for more detail when I'm invested in the characters or plot, but in this case I wasn't.

Did not finish.