Answering the child's questions, the mother tells how her great-grandparents used the road, then moves back to Civil War soldiers, earlier settlers . . . and finally . . . 'the mystery of the making place' . . . A lovely, beautifully crafted book . . . that makes an unusually effective response to a prototypical question.--Kirkus Review. A Publishers Weekly Year's Best Book. An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.