Early July, and the corn in eastern Nebraska stands ten feet tall;
after a near-decade of drought, it seems too good to be true, and
everyone is watching the sky for trouble. For the Grebels, whose
plots of organic crops trace a modest patchwork among the vast
fields of soybeans and corn, trouble arrives from a different
quarter in the form of Elsa's voice on her estranged son's
answering machine: "Your father's dead. You'll probably want to
come home." When a tractor accident fells the patriarch of this
Mennonite family, the threads holding them together are suddenly
drawn taut, singing with the tensions of a lifetime's worth of love
and faith, betrayal and shame. Through the competing voices of
those gathered for Haven Grebel's funeral, acts of loyalty and
failures, long-suppressed resentments and a tragic secret are
brought to light, expressing a larger, complex truth.
General
| Imprint: |
Bison Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Flyover Fiction |
| Release date: |
2013 |
| First published: |
March 2013 |
| Authors: |
Ladette Randolph
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| Edition: |
0th edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-4357-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-8032-4357-X |
| Barcode: |
9780803243576 |
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