<b>2021 15th Annual Indie Excellence Juror''s Choice Award Winner<br><br>“<i>The Best Part of Us</i> by Sally Cole-Misch is a lush debut novel which explores nature, family, and land with nuance and patience.” —<i>Affinity Magazine</i></b><br><br>Beth cherished her childhood summers on a pristine northern Canadian lake, where she reveled in the sweet smell of dew on early morning hikes, the loons’ evening trills across the lake’s many bays, every brush stroke of her brother’s paintings celebrating their cherished place, and their grandfather’s laughter as he welcomed neighbors to their annual Welsh harvest celebration. Theirs was an unshakeable bond with nature, family, and friends, renewed every summer on their island of granite and pines.<br><br>But that bond was threatened and then torn apart, first as rights to their island were questioned and then by nature itself, and the family was forced to leave. Fourteen years later, Beth ha