false 126862 6 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.<br><br>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, <b>The Tie That Binds</b> is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit. 122171 1984 The Tie That Binds total:547|5:120|4:258|3:141|2:26|1:2| 547 2109 745 63 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 03:12:15 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 03:38:11 -0700 2009
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