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Peace like a river

Through the voice of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, the story is told of the Land family's cross-country search for Reuben's outlaw older brother, who has been charged with murder.

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Main Author: Enger, Leif
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : [Emeryville, CA] : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, Ã2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Boys > Fiction.
Minnesota > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Motherless families > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
Outlaws > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction.
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Summary:Through the voice of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, the story is told of the Land family's cross-country search for Reuben's outlaw older brother, who has been charged with murder.
Physical Description:313 pages ; 24 cm
Awards:Book Sense book of the year.
ISBN:087113795X
9780871137951
0385602545
9780385602549
0802139256
9780802139252
Author Notes:Leif Enger grew up in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River , which won the Booksense Award for Fiction and was named one of the Year's Best Books by Time Magazine and the Los Angeles Times . His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome , was also a national bestseller. It was a Midwest Booksellers Honor Book, and won the High Plains Book Award for Fiction. His third novel Virgil Wander was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was named a best book of the year by Amazon, Library Journal , BookPage , and Chicago Public Library. He lives with his wife in Duluth, MN.

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