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Shelterbelts
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780878398171
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
Published: May 1 2015
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Tia Fiskum, the old maid of Tolga Township, yearns to retain her hold on the family farm after her shell-shocked brother returns from World War II. The neighbor she hopes to marry chooses a town girl for his new wife.The Potato King listens to the radio preacher and prays for a miracle. Eddy Root fears a return to the asylum. A German war bride struggles to find acceptance in this tight-knit Scandinavian community. Woven throughout is the man who walks lizards, a grieving father, a disillusioned pastor and the neighborhood gossipmonger.Shelterbeltschronicles the life of a community struggling to return to normal after war, true to history while rich in the complications of the human spirit.
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