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"The award-winning author of The River Wife returns with a multi-generational family saga, set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sandhills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee--an ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land."--
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"Small town secrets loom large in this spellbinding rural noir, Chris Harding Thornton's debut, about the aftershocks of crime and trauma that shake a Nebraskan town"--
Pickard County, Nebraska, July 1979. Sheriff's deputy Harley Jensen is restless, looking for something to take his mind off the past. Pam bristles against her role as wife and mother; her husband, Rick, struggles with the wreckage of his youth. Paul Reddick, town miscreant, is flint...
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1922. Wing walker Grace Lafferty is determined to get to the World Aviation Expo, proving her team's worth against flashier competitors-- and earning a coveted Hollywood contract. Henry Patton, a mechanic with plenty of scars from the battlefield, joins her barnstorming team. With each new death-defying trick, he pushes Grace to consider her reasons for being a daredevil. After one of her risky maneuvers saves a pilot's life, a Hollywood studio offers...
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Andy Carter was happy. He had a solid job. He ran 5Ks for charity. He was living a nice, safe Midwestern existence. And then his wife left him for a handsome paramedic down the street. We're All Damaged begins after Andy has lost his job, ruined his best friend's wedding, and moved to New York City, where he lives in a tiny apartment with an angry cat named Jeter that isn't technically his. But before long he needs to go back to Omaha to say good-bye...
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"Dirt-poor farmer, Paul Steele, is tested in Nebraska of the 1850's. He and his wife meet adversity head-on and overcome it while teaching their children honesty, loyalty and dedication. As the adults begin to overcome their challenges, the story centers more around their eldest son Simon's friendship with his best friend, Buell. Though these boys have dramatically different personalities, their loyalty to each other is unwavering, and each one takes...
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Nebraska, early nineties: Sheridan Grant lives with her adoptive family on a farm surrounded by corn fields. She suffers from the monotony of farm life and the strict regime of her adoptive mother, who prohibits the highly musical Sheridan from playing the piano. Luckily, there are the farm workers, Brandon, the rodeo rider Nick and artist Christopher. She also discovers the diary of the mysterious Carolyn. But then one Halloween night something terrible...
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