Now in paperback, the new novel by Leif Enger, author of the million-copy best seller, "Peace Like a River," is a lively, big-hearted redemption tale; an unforgettable, picaresque Western yarn. In 1915 Minnesota, writer Monte Becket has lost his sense of purpose. His only success long behind him, Monte lives simply with his wife and son until he ...
Reuben Land narrates this tale, looking back on his childhood to remember when he and his sister and his father tracked his brother Davy--who has escaped from prison--across North Dakota to the Badlands. As Reuben tells the story, his sister Swede is composing her own precocious adventure yarn, in rhymed couplets, about the hero, Sunny Sundown, ...
Madeleine L'Engle looks at the concept of icons, and how they are an "open window to God." She also reflects on their dangers and how they could turn into idols which, rather than point to God, become gods themselves. L'Engle fans may remember some of these ideas expressed in "A Circle of Quiet", but here they are fleshed out and examined much ...
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