The distance home : a novel
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New York : Random House, [2018].
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First edition.
ISBN
9780525508748, 0525508740
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292 pages ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Random House, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525508748, 0525508740

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After WWII, the bleak, beautiful plains of South Dakota still embody the the ruggedness and the promise of the old frontier. You can eat strawberries from wild vines, lightning reveals a boundless horizon, and descendants of white settlers and Indians continue to collide. René shares a home and a passion for dance with her older brother, Leon. Yet their lives are on remarkably different paths. René is a born spitfire, Leon a gentle soul. The only boy in their ballet class, Leon endures brutal teasing. Meanwhile, René excels at everything, basking in the delighted gaze of their father, whom Leon seems only to disappoint. Their parents fight and their cattle broker father spends more time on the road, his sporadic homecomings both yearned for and dreaded. René and Leon grow up and grow apart. As René works to save herself, Leon embarks on a path of self-destruction. This is a profoundly American story spanning decades--a tale of haves and have-nots, of how ideas of winning and losing, success and failure, lead us inevitably into various problems with empathy and caring for one another.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Saunders, P. (2018). The distance home: a novel (First edition.). Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Saunders, Paula, 1957-. 2018. The Distance Home: A Novel. Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Saunders, Paula, 1957-. The Distance Home: A Novel Random House, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Saunders, Paula. The Distance Home: A Novel First edition., Random House, 2018.

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