The small community of Belle Haven is more closely knit than usual due to the ever-present mine fire that burns uncontrollably underneath the town and occasionally breaks the surface to claim a garbage can or beloved pet. A first novel. 20,000 first printing. Tour.

Product Description: People feel at home in Belle Haven, and in many ways it is like any other small town, with a café where regulars come for the fresh cinnamon rolls and to talk about the weather, or one another, often staying all day.  It's a town with the usual collection of quirky characters--the people everyone knows who, by staying in one place long enough, have become part of its landscape...read more