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Benediction

A terminally ill cancer patient is attended throughout his final days by his wife and daughter while the trio contemplates their relationships with an estranged son, a situation that stirs up painful memories for a new next-door neighbor who has recently lost her mother.

Main Author: Haruf, Kent.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Plainsong ; #03
Subjects:
Terminally ill > Fiction.
Families > Colorado > Fiction.
Colorado > Fiction.
Domestic fiction > Colorado.
Psychological fiction > Colorado.
Summary: A terminally ill cancer patient is attended throughout his final days by his wife and daughter while the trio contemplates their relationships with an estranged son, a situation that stirs up painful memories for a new next-door neighbor who has recently lost her mother.
Item Description: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description: 257 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780307959881 :
0307959880 :
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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