![]() And things get complicated very quickly when her mother kicks her out of their house. Victoria Roubideaux is 17 and pregnant by a young man she met the previous summer. ![]() His wife, Ella, has retreated to the guest room where she sleeps all day and all night and eventually leaves the family entirely. ![]() High school history teacher Tom Guthrie is the father of two boys, Ike and Bobby who are 10 and 9 years old respectively. Taking place in the fictional rural setting of Holt, Colorado, this is the story of several people who have one thing in common: They are all emotionally damaged, but through their interactions with each other they achieve a level of healing. All overused words in book reviews, but totally apt descriptors for this brilliant, monumental masterpiece by Kent Haruf. I hadn't even read half the book when I realized that this would likely be one of my favorite novels of all time. ![]()
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