false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578380m/6980698.jpg 6098855 4 <p>By the acclaimed author of <i>The Highest Tide</i>, a story of contrary destinies that are further complicated by the border that separates them. Brandon Vanderkool’s extreme dyslexia and height give him a peculiar perspective, which proves handy once his father pushes him off their Washington dairy farm into the Border Patrol. Though he used to just jump over the ditch into British Columbia, he’s uncomfortable in this uniformed role and instead indulges his obsession with birds and art while incidentally spotting smugglers and illegal immigrants who are provoking an already paranoid society. Drug mansions in the Canadian highlands peer down into berry farms that might offer convenient routes into the American market, where politicians clamor for increased security. Closer to home, Brandon’s father battles disease in his herd and his mother something far worse. Madeline Rousseau, who grew up right across the ditch, has seen her gardening skills turn lucrative, while her father replicates great past inventions and rails against imperialism. And overseeing everything is a mysterious masseuse who knows everybody’s secrets.<br><br>Rich in characters contending with a swiftly changing world and their own elusive hopes and dreams, <i>Border Songs </i>is at once comic, tender, and momentous—a riveting portrait of a distinctive community, an inventive love story, and fiction of the highest order.</p> 6276019 16 6 2009 Border Songs total:173|5:39|4:77|3:38|2:13|1:6| 173 649 471 70 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 15:32:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 15:43:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 0 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:46:39 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:47:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 4 0 false Sat Jul 04 06:42:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 12:14:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 3 0 false Thu Jul 30 11:26:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:26:25 -0700 2009 Vancouver Sun), ""an imaginative tour de force"" (Globe and Mail), and a highly original hero who is ...more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 19:37:54 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 19:38:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 4 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 05:05:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 05:05:34 -0700 2009 I feel I am being too critical but something was just a little missing for me not to r...more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 5 0 false Tue Sep 22 01:28:37 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 01:04:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 01:28:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 23:32:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 21:05:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 07:24:19 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 09:14:26 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 5 0 false Mon Aug 17 07:58:49 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:04:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 1 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 02:08:36 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 02:10:37 -0800 2009
The premise seemed intriguing: cross-Canadian border drug running, in the remote parts of Washington state.

But the writing. Every sentence is about 50 words long, clumsily constructed, and full of strange, discordant, and ineffective imagery.

The characte...more...]]> 6641032 0307357368 9780307357366 3 2 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578375m/6641032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6641032-border-songs 5 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 19:23:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 19:27:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 2 0 false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 09 16:16:42 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 16:48:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 3 0 false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 09:29:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 21:27:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 4 0 false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:00:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:47:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 4 0 false Fri Mar 20 16:58:39 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 17:02:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 4 0 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:06:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:10:17 -0700 2009
I enjoyed reading about the current border issues...more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 06:43:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 06:44:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 3 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon May 04 07:44:13 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 07:50:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098855 030727117X 9780307271174 170 68 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233262422m/6098855.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098855.Border_Songs 5 0 false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:54:56 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:01:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=6980698 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=6980698