When Dawn House purchased a teetering cabin in southern Utah, she didn't have it torn down for scrap but began to examine the layers of its wallpaper, encrusted with paste and the yellow of time. She found an extraordinary story within: of pioneer misfortune, lost loves, struggles against nature, ordinary homesteading, and the formation of modern Utah. House weaves together a story of discovery of that previously unknown history to produce a tale that literally speaks out of the old weather-weary boards she came to prize.