false 28000 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg 28000 17 1755722 1992 Postcards total:909|5:172|4:336|3:307|2:81|1:13| 909 3300 1233 76 1262010 3.71 24468 2538 10837377 569190 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.65 793 1992 5 5 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Dec 21 14:47:53 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 15:01:13 -0800 2007 —Minkton M. Blood"
It’s a rich, dark, often humorous, in ways painful, epic escapade.

An...more...]]> 6103818 353451 1420339 0020811853 9780020811855 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1420339.Postcards_A_Novel 3.89 9 1992 5 3 false Wed Sep 12 11:34:59 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 10:15:41 -0800 2009 11601691 712911 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 5 4 false Thu Jan 03 21:44:29 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 01:08:47 -0800 2008
I think Postcards was her first book but that she couldn't get it published until Shipp...more...]]> 66894093 1400289 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 1 false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 17:31:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 05:19:46 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 36016054 1055378 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 3 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 07:34:46 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 07:39:16 -0700 2008 hard book--not difficult to read, but the characters are hardened, their lives unforgiving, the land stark and mean. Bones jut up out of the soil and rock of this book, suddenly exposed and horrifying.

Proulx contrasts well against Kingsolver, who is all life, growth and healing, while...more...]]> 49968242 742586 228365 068480087X 9780684800875 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640408m/228365.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640408s/228365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228365.Postcards 3.48 93 1992 3 1 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 11:26:48 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 11:45:37 -0700 2009
There's a lot going on here.

The oldest son flees the family farm in an attempt to cover up a murder... or maybe an accidental death? It's never really made clear what exactly happened with his girlf...more...]]> 39703157 1266077 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 0 false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 11:43:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 08:59:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 37487861 1083080 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 5 0 false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 21:08:46 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 21:28:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 17610393 747921 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 0 2 false Thu Apr 03 13:19:36 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 12:32:58 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 12:38:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67613420 521636 228365 068480087X 9780684800875 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640408m/228365.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640408s/228365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228365.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 5 0 false Sun Aug 16 10:34:32 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 10:34:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52785819 1888594 527480 0684833689 9780684833682 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175549158m/527480.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175549158s/527480.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/527480.Postcards 3.80 5 1992 0 0 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:03:47 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 04:07:34 -0700 2009 1
Proulx loads up meaning into her fewest possible words - like the chocolate chip cookies they load into a cup at the Sweet Martha’s booth in the Minnesota State Fair, so high you have to put your hand on top or you’ll lose some as you walk away -...more...]]> 69350283 2503905 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Aug 29 12:47:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 12:59:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 17750004 762610 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 1 false Fri Mar 14 10:50:56 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 11:08:59 -0700 2008 69455004 1652316 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Aug 30 11:53:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 11:54:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39585507 1784647 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 0 false Mon Dec 08 06:37:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:35:17 -0800 2008
"But Loyal knew it wasn't anything he'd swalloed. It was touching. Touching the woman. If it wasn't Billy it wouldn't be anyone else. The price for getting away. No wife, no family, no children, no human comfort in the quotidian unfolding o...more...]]> 27615789 1341718 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 0 false Fri Aug 01 14:51:57 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 08:56:16 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 14:51:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 62212846 677198 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 2 0 false Sun Jul 05 10:21:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 10:30:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 74585858 1981805 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 0 0 false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 21:45:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 21:50:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 48375065 632701 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 4 0 false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:56:59 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 20:25:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47714436 1938264 28000 1841155012 9781841155012 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950m/28000.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167908950s/28000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28000.Postcards 3.63 909 1992 3 1 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:29:37 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:44:58 -0800 2009 1
This is really not a feel-good book, at all. It's main theme seems to be hopelessness. Pretty tough stuff.]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28000