The Krzelewski-Petrosian family is leaving California and moving to Vermont. Kate has accepted a teaching job at a small college. Miles plans on finally finishing his dissertation on Russian folk tales, something has always prevented him from even getting started. Olive and Wesley, their children, seem to adapting well to a life far different from their years in California. Country People is about this family and the somewhat eccentric, but heart-warming, people they meet in rural Vermont.

Daniel Mason’s most recent novel is different from any of his other novels. Country People is amusing, fun and smartly-written with a positive take on small town life. There are no heroes or villains, only ordinary, decent people trying to understand what the world is all about.