The Distance Home (Paperback)

Paula Saunders

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Random House USA Inc, New York, 2019

0525508767 / 9780525508762

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Paperback. [Paula] Saunders skillfully illuminates how time heals certain wounds while deepening others. . . . A mediation of the violence of American ambition.The New York Times Book ReviewNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLEA deeply involving portrait of the American postwar family (Jennifer Egan) about sibling rivalry, dark secrets, and a young girls struggle with freedom and artistic desire In the years after World War II, the bleak yet beautiful plains of South Dakota still embody all the contradictionsthe ruggedness and the promiseof the old frontier. This is a place where you can eat strawberries from wild vines, where lightning reveals a boundless horizon, where descendants of white settlers and native Indians continue to collide, and where, for most, there are limited options. Rene shares a home, a family, and a passion for dance with her older brother, Leon. Yet for all they have in common, their lives are on remarkably different paths. In contrast to Rene, a born spitfire, Leon is a gentle soul. The only boy in their ballet class, Leon silently endures often brutal teasing. Meanwhile, Rene excels at everything she touches, basking in the delighted gaze of their father, whom Leon seems to disappoint no matter how hard he tries. As the years pass, Rene and Leons parents fight with increasing frequencyand ferocity. Their fathera cattle brokerspends more time on the road, his sporadic homecomings both yearned for and dreaded by the children. And as Rene and Leon grow up, they grow apart. They grasp whatever they can to stay afloata word of praise, a grandmothers outstretched hand, the seductive attention of a strangeras Rene works to save herself, crossing the border into a larger, more hopeful world, while Leon embarks on a path of despair and self-destruction. Tender, searing, and unforgettable, The Distance Home is a profoundly American story spanning decadesa tale of haves and have-nots, of how our ideas of winning and losing, success and failure, lead us inevitably into various problems with empathy and caring for one another. Its a portrait of beauty and brutality in which the authors compassionate narration allows us to sympathize, in turn, with everyone involved.A riveting family saga for the ages . . . one of the best books Ive read in years.Mary Karr Saunders debut is an exquisite, searing portrait of family and of people coping with whatever life throws at them while trying to keep close to one another.Booklist (starred review) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Título
The Distance Home (Paperback)
Autor
Paula Saunders
Editorial
Random House USA Inc, New York
Año de publicación
2019
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0525508767
ISBN 13
9780525508762

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