At once intimate and sweeping, Bottomland follows the Hess family
in the years after World War I, as they attempt to rid themselves
of the Anti-German sentiment that left a stain on their name. But
when the youngest two daughters vanish in the middle of the night,
the family must piece together what happened while struggling to
maintain their life on the unforgiving Iowa plains. In the weeks
after Esther and Myrle's disappearance, their siblings desperately
search for them, through the stark farmlands to unfamiliar world of
far-off Chicago. Have the girls run away to another farm? Have they
gone to the city to seek a new life? Or were they abducted?
Ostracized and misunderstood in their small town in the wake of the
war, the Hesses fear the worst. Bottomland is a haunting story of
pride, love, and betrayal, set among the rugged terrain of Iowa,
the fields of war-torn Flanders, and the bustling Chicago streets.
With exquisite lyricism, Michelle Hoover deftly examines the
intrepid ways a person can forge a life of one's own despite the
dangerous obstacles of prejudice and oppression.
General
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2016 |
| Authors: |
Michelle Hoover
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
294 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-2471-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-8021-2471-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780802124715 |
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