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- 1 of 3 copies available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.
- 1 of 2 copies available at Lake Agassiz Regional Library. (Show preferred library)
Current holds
0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fosston Public Library | MUR (Text) | 33500013032925 | New | Checked out | 06/06/2019 |
| Mahnomen Public Library | MUR (Text) | 33500013032933 | New | Available | - |
| Roseau Public Library | MUR (Text) | 35500006151318 | New | Checked out | 06/11/2019 |
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062886248
- ISBN: 006288624X
- ISBN: 9780062856074
- ISBN: 0062856073
- Physical Description: 238 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | Abandoned by the alcoholic father who idealized the natural world without imparting any survival skills to his children, three siblings in 1970s New York embark on difficult adult lives before their father attempts a reconciliation. |
Reviews
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 February #2
Murphy's (The Boat Runner, 2017) mesmerizing second novel portrays the fractured lives of a family from western New York. Terrance and Catrin are alcoholics, and in the winter of 1978â79, they began to "avoid each other entirely," according to Jamie, the oldest child, then 13. Finally, in 1985 Terrance "pulled away and went west," where he got a job with a power company near Kalispell, Montana. Lewis was 17, Connor 16, and Jamie 20 and heading off to college. Murphy poignantly paints a picture of how deserted the boys felt, "left in the debris of failed families." Over the years, Jamie becomes a philosophy professor, has a daughter, then divorces; Lewis travels the world in the navy; and Connor sells ball bearings, marries, has a son, and gets divorced. Meanwhile, Terrance lives in a cabin on 160 acres in the Bitterroot Mountains, where, after retirement, he creates huge bone sculptures from antlers and animal skeletons he finds on his land. It is here that the family finally reunites in an emotional and beautifully rendered denouement that readers will long remember. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.
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| Subject: | Children of alcoholics > Fiction. Father and child > Fiction. FICTION / Literary. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
