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Plainsong by Kent Haruf






Plainsong

by Kent Haruf
Vintage Books; August 2000

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Description:
Kent Haruf's Plainsong follows four generations of characters living in and around Holt, Colorado. There is a high school teacher who must raise two sons after the death of his wife, an orphaned teenage girl who must deal with her pregnancy alone, and two old farmers who have lived long lives but experienced little beyond the boundaries of their own property.


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Links for this book:
Salon.com
RandomHouse.com

Also by this author:
Where You Once Belonged; Vintage Books; April 2000

The Tie That Binds; Vintage Books; April 2000

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