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The tie that binds

Title:

The tie that binds

Author:

Haruf, Kent.

ISBN:

9780330490450

Personal Author:

Haruf, Kent.

Publication Information:

London : Picador, 2002.

Physical Description:

1 volume

General Note:

Originally published: New York: Vintage, 2000.

Abstract:

Edith Goodenough, the courageous daughter of Colorado homesteaders, finds herself bound by duty, love, and obligation to her crippled father and, by strength and determination, learns to live within the constraints of that responsibility.

Geographic Term:

Colorado -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.

Colorado -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.

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Summary

In The Tie That Binds , his critically acclaimed first novel, Kent Haruf delivers the sweeping tale of eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough. Narrated by her neighbour, Edith's tragedies unfold: a tough childhood, a mother's death, a violence that leaves a father dependent on his children, forever enraged. She is a woman who sacrifices everything in the name of family - until she is forced to reclaim her freedom in one dramatic and unexpected gesture.

Breathtaking and truthful, The Tie That Binds is a powerful tribute to the demands of rural life, and to the tenacity of the human spirit.