Driftless
Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2008.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 429 pages ; 23 cm
David Rhodes's long-awaited new novel turns an unblinking eye on an array of eccentric characters and situations. The setting is Words, Wisconsin, an anonymous town of only a few hundred people. But under its sleepy surface, life rages. Cora and Graham guard their dairy farm, and family, from the wicked schemes of their milk co-op. Lifelong paraplegic Olivia suddenly starts to walk, only to find herself crippled by her fury toward her sister and caretaker, Violet. Recently retired Rusty finds a cougar living in his haymow, dredging up haunting childhood memories. Winifred becomes pastor of the Friends church and stumbles on enlightenment in a very unlikely place. And Julia Montgomery, both private and gregarious, instigates a series of events that threatens the town's solitude and doggedly suspicious ways. Driftless finds the author's powers undiminished in this unforgettable story that evokes a small-town America previously unmapped, and the damaged denizens who must make their way through it.
ISBN:
9781571310590 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Rhodes | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
"Milkweed national fiction prize"--Jacket.