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Kent Haruf
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This poignant novel weaves together the lives of a high school teacher, a pregnant teenage girl, and two elderly bachelor brothers, capturing the essence of human resilience and community across four generations."Resonant and meaningful . . . . A song of praise in honor of the lives it chronicles [and] a story about people's ability to adapt and redeem themselves." —The Washington Post Book World"So foursquare, so delicate and lovely . . . it has the power to exalt the reader." —The New York Times Book ReviewIn the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl—her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house—is pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known. From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together—their fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant. As the milieu widens to embrace fully four generations, Kent Haruf displays an emotional and aesthetic authority to rival the past masters of a classic American tradition.
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Author
Kent Haruf
Pages
320
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2001-04-03
ISBN
0375726934 9780375726934
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Definitely a unique writing style, simply written. Characters got a bit confusing, but over all ok. I read this for a book club where we pick lists and and a random book so I didn't choose it on my own. Not my favorite but decent. "
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Lindsay McCormick
"I won’t soon forget the characters in small town of Holt, Colorado. I was especially touched by the storyline of the two McPheron brothers and their compassion for a pregnant teen in their community. This story interweaves the lives of several families in a small town and is beautifully written. If you enjoy books by William Kent Krueger or Elizabeth Strout, I’d give this author a try. I don’t think you’ll regret it! I plan to read the following two books in this trilogy."
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Liz Phillips
"Brilliant. "
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Lauren B. Davis