Peace Like A River
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Leif Enger's debut novel is a case study in intangibles. Each year, dozens of novels are published that have all their ducks in a row: in richly imagined worlds, their well-drawn characters struggle through compelling conflicts toward revealing conclusions. But very few contain that imperceptible extra that allows a story to speak directly to the reader's own longings, to infiltrate their consciousness and alter their perception of the world. In telling the story of his saintly father, fugitive brother, and precocious sister, Enger's narrator, an eleven-year-old asthmatic named Reuben Land, reveals a world in which the tragic is tempered by the miraculous, and faith leads inexorably to sacrifice and redemption. When it was first published in 2001, Peace Like a River was immediately championed by readers across the country and became a surprise bestseller. In 2002, it was chosen by independent booksellers as the Book Sense Book of the Year, and remains, today, one of......
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