| Eventide Contributor(s): Haruf, Kent (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375725768 ISBN-13: 9780375725760 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: Kent Haruf, award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong" returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel of masterful authority. The aging McPheron brothers are learning to live without Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they took in and who has now left their ranch to start college. A lonely young boy stoically cares for his grandfather while a disabled couple tries to protect their a violent relative. As these lives unfold and intersect, Eventide" unveils the immemorial truths about human beings: their fragility and resilience, their selfishness and goodness, and their ability to find family in one another. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003060480 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.24" W x 8.1" (0.52 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Colorado - Seasonal - Winter - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 81417 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of The Best Books of The Year: Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, The Plain Dealer, and Rocky Mountain News Kent Haruf, award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel of masterful authority. The aging McPheron brothers are learning to live without Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they took in and who has now left their ranch to start college. A lonely young boy stoically cares for his grandfather while a disabled couple tries to protect their a violent relative. As these lives unfold and intersect, Eventide unveils the immemorial truths about human beings: their fragility and resilience, their selfishness and goodness, and their ability to find family in one another. |