The tie that binds
Kent Haruf · 1984
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About the book
Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors one cold afternoon. The motives: the brutal business of farming and a family code of ethics as unforgiving as the winter prairie itself. In his critically acclaimed first novel, Kent Haruf delivers the sweeping tale of a woman of the American High Plains, as told by her neighbor, Sanders Roscoe. As Roscoe shares what he knows, Edith's tragedies unfold: a childhood of pre-dawn chores, a mother's death, a violence that leaves a father dependent on his children, forever enraged. Here is the story of a woman who sacrifices her happiness in the name of family - and then, in one gesture, reclaims her freedom. Breathtaking, determinedly truthful, *The Tie That Binds* is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit. From the paperback edition.
Book details
- Year
- 1984
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 246
- ISBN
- 9780375724381
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