THE CHAPTERS

52 Weeks. 52 Stories. 52 Pictures.

A 52-chapter novel, one chapter for every week of the year, grows out of Ivar’s journal.

The book is out now. Hardcover and paperback. Fifty-two chapters, one for every week, from Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving. For the whole family. No profanity. Nothing you would not read out loud at the dinner table.

The fifty-two chapters

One year in Hammerdahl™. One chapter for every week.

Chapters 01 to 52Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving

  1. 01No Hot Water
  2. 02Preventative Maintenance
  3. 03The Wall of Gauges
  4. 04The Coldest Week
  5. 05Silent Night
  6. 06Stoves Hum
  7. 07Grease and Gospel
  8. 08One Thousandth
  9. 09The One Thing We Can’t Make
  10. 10The Cold Wall
  11. 11Robert
  12. 12Thirteen Points
  13. 13Somebody Has to Want It
  14. 14The Last Ring
  15. 15Small House, Big Plan
  16. 16Frozen Ground
  17. 17Shore It
  18. 18Call Your Number
  19. 19The Raising
  20. 20A Roof Nobody Looks At
  21. 21Moving Day
  22. 22The Coffee Tree
  23. 23What a Magnet Can’t Pull
  24. 24Ready the Cellar
  25. 25Closer
  26. 26The Rock Is Gone
  27. 27What Held
  28. 28Nothing Wasted
  29. 29School’s Out
  30. 30The Longest Day
  31. 31The Pass
  32. 32The Fourth
  33. 33The Ridge in July
  34. 34Trout
  35. 35Which Years to Save
  36. 36The County Fair
  37. 37The Lost Kiln
  38. 38Waldo’s Pie Debt
  39. 39The Six Houses
  40. 40Hail
  41. 41The Tall Side
  42. 42Harvest
  43. 43One Pass
  44. 44Sam’s Ground
  45. 45Mel’s Last Roof
  46. 46Coffee’s On Me
  47. 47Sixty Boxes
  48. 48Keys
  49. 49Halloween
  50. 50The Edge
  51. 51Wally’s List
  52. 52What Did You Leave Me?

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