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Hieroglyph: Stories and Blueprints for a Better Future
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The Girl on the Train: A Novel
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Above the Waterfall
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Gods of Mars
Victoria Robideaux is 17 and pregnant. Her mother throws her out and she is taken in, for a time, by the kindly Maggie Jones. But Maggie’s old father is off his rocker and this makes for a dangerous household for Vicky. She winds up with two brothers, Raymond and Harold McPheron, sheltered gentlemen who have spent their entire lives working the same ranch in the home in which they grew up. The love that springs up in this makeshift family is a glory to behold. Dark forces abide in the town as well, and are given their due attention, as well. But it is a very human town that Haruf portrays. The writing is beautiful and spare. This is a work of art.