false 331830 1932425292 9781932425291 1254 373 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173817958m/331830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331830.Keturah_and_Lord_Death 190403 Martine Leavitt 1411 424 5 0 false Mon Aug 04 20:22:56 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 20:48:52 -0700 2008
Set in a village during a time when oxcarts and threat of the plague define the lives of everyday people, this story unwinds as an unlikely romance. Central to Keturah's motivation is not just her own survival but the survival of her people, the ones she holds most dear to her heart. She bargains with Death himself for their survival, slowly revealing how her destiny is entwined with Death's. Written in a classic Aristotelian arc, each decision and turn of the tale brings the reader closer to the climax, clues to the ending dropped judiciously. The novel is both quiet and powerful in it's complexity, one I'll read time and again for it's use of myths regarding death and the power of love.]]>