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The interwoven lives of a community in Colorado. The characters include two cattle farmers who take in a girl, thrown out of her house for becoming pregnant. The novel describes the girl's impact on their lives, both men being bachelors.

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Main Author: Haruf, Kent (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1999.
Edition:First edition.
Series:A Borzoi Book.
Subjects:
High school teachers > Colorado > Fiction.
Single fathers > Colorado > Fiction.
Farmers > Colorado > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Colorado > Fiction.
City and town life > Fiction.
Colorado > Fiction.
American fiction > 20th century.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:The interwoven lives of a community in Colorado. The characters include two cattle farmers who take in a girl, thrown out of her house for becoming pregnant. The novel describes the girl's impact on their lives, both men being bachelors.
Item Description:A Borzoi Book.
Physical Description:301 pages ; 25 cm
Awards:National Book Award finalist
ISBN:9780375705854
0375705856
0375406182
9780375406188
9781447240440
1447240448
Author Notes:Kent Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado on February 24, 1943. He received a BA from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965 and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1973. His first novel, The Tie That Binds, was published in 1984 and won a Whiting Writers' Prize. His other works included Where You Once Belonged, Plainsong, Benediction, and Our Souls at Night. He spent 30 years teaching English and writing at several universities including Southern Illinois University and Nebraska Wesleyan University. He died on November 30, 2014 at the age of 71.

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