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Power In The Blood
In the year 1869, in Schenectady, New York, an abandoned, impoverished wife dies, leaving behind three children, Zoe and her brothers Clayton and Drew. They are sent out West on one of the so-called orphan trains - a cruel philanthropy of the time which provided house hold and farm help to pioneer families. The Dugan children are separated, adopted by couples in three diff...more
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"Heart Of The Country established Greg Matthews as one of the two or three most important novelists now working in America and writing about her. I might speculate that it takes an outsider to see the whole forest instead of just a few trees, but a novel like 'Power In The Blood' renders speculation both foolish and superfluous. It is a great novelist's masterwork- a looming, driving, resonant tour de force. In terms of it's narrative power, it makes me think of 'The Thorn Birds' and 'Lonesome...more
Wow, I'm afraid that nothing I can say will convey the absolute greatness of this book. And the ending!...Haunting enough to stick in my head for a long time to come.
This book is 858 pages! Yet I could not put it down.If you enjoy richly written characters, and superb storytelling, this is a book you must read.
To be honest, I wouldn't even know how to categorize it. It deserves a category all it's own, western, drama, suspense, horror, paranormal, and a dash of humor. ...more
This book is 858 pages! Yet I could not put it down.If you enjoy richly written characters, and superb storytelling, this is a book you must read.
To be honest, I wouldn't even know how to categorize it. It deserves a category all it's own, western, drama, suspense, horror, paranormal, and a dash of humor. ...more
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it made me love my family. you know, i never did. and it's beyond any teenage rebel drama. you see, my family is weird (and cute and lovely in the end). this book has made me love them in a powerful binding way. the kind of love that sustains me well and everyday now that i am far from them. i love them. i am wearing their name like a crown. i love them, the world has to hear me.
thank you greg
thank you greg
This was a very interesting book. My mother and my grandmother both loved it. It sat on my shelf for several years and I finally picked it up and read it. I really enjoyed it!
I love a book that stretches across decades and sweeps from one side of the country to the other. I love reading about characters and events that seem insignificant, but later fit into the bigger picture in important ways. I think this book is incredible. I picked it up when I was probably too young to really understand all of it, and over the years I've read it several more times. It gets better with every read.
Just to be clear, this book can probably be classified as a western, but it's much...more
Just to be clear, this book can probably be classified as a western, but it's much...more
This book is one of my all-time favorites. I love the way Greg Matthews writes!
A favorite book. I have read and re-read this many times.
I can't lay this book down. Stayed up too late reading last night ... one of those kind of books!
If you enjoyed "Heart of the Country" by Matthews, you'll also like this book. It moves in much the same way and holds up quite well. It does have a little twist that I really enjoyed- think Stephen King meets Zane Grey.
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