Wyoming Territory, 1870. Elijah Carter is afflicted. Most of the townsfolk of South Pass City treat him as a simpleton because he's deaf, but that's not his only problem. Something in Elijah runs contrary to nature and to God. Something that Elijah desperately tries to keep hidden. Harlan Crane, o
Sweetwater
β Scribed by Roxana Robinson
- Book ID
- 115030541
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 389 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307431882
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β¦ Synopsis
In this brilliant, luminous novel, one of our finest realist writers gives us a story of surpassing depth and emotional power. Acclaimed for her lucid and compassionate exploration of the American family, Roxana Robinson sets her new work on familiar terrain--New York City and the Adirondacks--but with Sweetwater she transcends the particulars of the domestic sphere with a broader, more encompassing vision. In this poignant account of a young widow and her second marriage, Robinson expands her scope to include the larger natural world as well as the smaller, more intimate one of the home.
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