I Cheerfully Refuse

By Leif Enger
Published: 2024
I Cheerfully Refuse Book Cover

I Cheerfully Refuse is a novel by Minnesota-based author Leif Enger set in the not-so-distant future about a bereaving musician who leaves behind a broken world and an enemy in pursuit to set sail on a foggy, stormy Lake Superior where he is boosted by kind strangers, the lake’s natural beauty, and an unexpected, feisty young girl who comes aboard his boat and becomes his trusted companion.

A white man with grey shirt poses in front of a tree.

Photo by Robin Enger