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A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.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. A teenage girl -- her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the house -- is pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known.From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life,…
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9 editions- Paperback · English · 2001Pan MacMillan · 320 pages · 9780330393140
- Ebook · English · 2001Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780375726934
- Paperback · English · 2000Vintage Books / Random House · 320 pages · 9780330393133
- Audiobook · English · 1999Brand: HarperAudio · 9780694522880
- Other · English · 2015Pan Macmillan · 304 pages · 9781447289517
- Other · English · 2000Vintage Books · 301 pages · 9780375705854
City and town lifeFamilyFarm lifeFarmersFathers and sonsFictionHigh school teachersLiterature




