The Maid's Version

I liked The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell which is mainly set in a small town in the USA in the 1920s.  Alma is telling her story to her grandson in the 1960s.  She tells him about her family and different characters in the town.  The main focus of her reminiscences is the terrible dance hall fire in that occurred in 1929 which claimed the lives of many people including Alma's beloved sister, Ruby.  In the years since the tragedy there have been a number of people blamed for the fire.  Some have even falsely confessed to gain attention.  The reader meets some of the people who died in the fire showing how they came to be there that night.  Alma tells her grandson the name of the person whom she knows is responsible.  The author goes back and forth in time and introduces a number of different characters that we need to keep track of. 31/2/5