Well written, but in the end, unsatisfying, mostly because the point-of-view made no sense. It was told from three perspectives: Lloyd, the local schoolmaster who was a relative of the preacher Ellis and helped him spread the rumors; Pugh himself, and his account wandered all over the place and gave details of his life in the valley that had nothing to do with the story; and Bronwen, in the form of Q. and A., except that the book is written looking back at the events after she died, so who was questioning her?