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Leif Enger

Born

in Osakis, Minnesota, The United States

January 01, 1961

Website

http://www.groveatlantic.com/grove/enger/index....

Genre

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Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio for nearly twenty years. He lives on a farm in Minnesota with his wife and two sons.

His writing is a smooth mix of romanticism and gritty reality, recalling the Old West's greatest cowboy stories.

Enger's novel, Peace Like a River, was one of Time magazine's top-five novels of the year 2001 and appeared on several other best seller lists.

His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome also appeared on best seller lists in 2008.

For further details, see the author's Wikipedia page. ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 106,074 ratings · 12,309 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Peace Like a River 3.98 avg rating — 84,319 ratings — published 2001 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virgil Wander 4.02 avg rating — 13,309 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Brave, Young, and Handsome 3.75 avg rating — 7,920 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miraklet Reuben it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Det Bestes Bøker : Gjennom ild og vann / Diamantkrigen / Kjærlighetens paradis / Kampen om toppen by Leif Enger, John Nichol, Susan Wilson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strike: A Pedersen Novel by Leif Enger, Lin Enger really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comeback: A Gun Pedersen Novel by Leif Enger, Lin Enger liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Curves: A Pedersen Novel by Leif Enger, Lin Enger liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sinners' League: A Pedersen Novel by Leif Enger, Lin Enger 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places by Madeleine L'Engle, Leif Enger (Foreword by) 3.94 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Leif Enger

“Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

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“Fair is whatever God wants to do.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

tags: fair

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“Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave - now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.”
― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

tags: wisdom-in-fiction

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Polls

June Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 Books will move onto final poll

The Night Olivia Fell

by Christina McDonald

7 votes, 16.3%

The Perfect Couple

by Elin Hilderbrand

6 votes, 14.0%

One Day in December

by Josie Silver

6 votes, 14.0%

Final Girls

by Riley Sager

5 votes, 11.6%

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

5 votes, 11.6%

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

4 votes, 9.3%

Rainbirds

by Clarissa Goenawan

3 votes, 7.0%

The Mothers

by Brit Bennett

3 votes, 7.0%

Peace Like a River

by Leif Enger

2 votes, 4.7%

The Testament of Harold's Wife

by Lynne Hugo

2 votes, 4.7%

43 total votes

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