Oh wow, A Chain of Hands sounds great, and extremely relevant to my interests! Not so much the 1900 Idaho college town part -- that sounds deeply interesting, but it's not a pre-existing interest per se beyond my general interest in history -- but keeping alive the memory of unimportant, everyday people, who are important and worth remembering because, like everyone else, they were people and they were part of their community.

Raymonde and the Chevalier, meanwhile, sound the opposite of everyday, but delightfully dramatic!!