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Title: Benediction
Author: HARUF KENT
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/03/2014
Imprint: PICADOR
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
Following the astonishing <i><b>Plainsong </b></i>and <i><b>Eventide</b>,</i> this is Haruf's third novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado. One long last summer for Dad Lewis in his beloved town, Holt, Colorado. As old friends pass in and out to voice their farewells and good wishes, Dad's wife and daughter work to make his final days as comfortable as possible, knowing all is tainted by the heart-break of an absent son. Next door, a little girl with a troubled past moves in with her grandmother, and down town another new arrival, the Reverend Rob Lyle, attempts to mend strained relationships of his own. Utterly beautiful, and devastating yet affirming, <i style="font-size: 10px;"><b>Benediction</b></i><b> </b> explores the pain, the compassion and the humanity of ordinary people.
ISBN: 9781447227533
Weight: 300gr
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 400