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In the Land of Second Chances: A Novel
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In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since the death of his wife, Betsy, twelve years earlier, Harper has narrowed his world to working at the lo…
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A romantic idyll played out in the rhythms and meanings of a vanished Navajo world." — Denver Post Laughing Boy is a model member of his tribe. Raised in old traditions, …
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There are certain special—and rare— books that refresh our understanding of how children see the world. This is one of those books. It's the story of a boy growing up in a lost time in an idyllic plac…
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