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In Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose, wheelchair-bound historian Lyman Ward delves into the lives of his frontier-era grandparents, especially his grandmother Susan Burling Ward, to find parallels and solace for his own troubled existence. The narrative intricately weaves Susan’s artistic journey and turbulent marriage with Oliver amidst persistent relocations due to his work as a mining engineer. The novel contains depictions of infidelity, drowning, and suicide.