Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is a story to care about, believe in and learn from.’ Plainsong is nothing short of a revelation.’ Richard Russo From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together their fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they’ve ever known. A teenage girl her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house is pregnant with nowhere to go. In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. He has written a compelling and compassionate novel.’ Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times’Haruf’s unforgettable tale is both emotionally complex and elemental, following, as it so gracefully does, the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.’ BooklistNominated for the National Book Award, Kent Haruf’s Plainsong, Unabridged on audioA heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver. ‘With Plainsong, Kent Haruf has conjured up an entire community, and ineluctably immersed the reader in its dramas.
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