In a 1970s logging town carved into California’s redwood coast, Colleen and Rich Gundersen are trying to hold onto hope.
Rich, a third-generation tree-topper, makes a bold gamble on a plot of old-growth forest—an inheritance for their young son, Chub. But Colleen, a midwife haunted by miscarriages, suspects the herbicides used by the logging company are poisoning their land—and their bodies.
As environmental suspicion collides with tradition, and a town built on timber begins to fracture, Colleen and Rich are drawn into a quiet war that could cost them everything they’re fighting to preserve.
Damnation Spring is a masterfully told, emotionally resonant portrait of marriage, motherhood, and a community on the brink. A national bestseller and critical favorite, it’s a novel as enduring as the redwoods themselves.
