Marchlands
a novel
by Karla Kuban
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Living on a thousand-acre sheep ranch, fifteen-year-old Sophie Behr can ride for hours and not see another person; her closest companion, her horse, Pablo. And Sophie often roams to think - about Demetrio, the Mexican ranch hand who helped make the baby growing inside her; about her mother and Aunt Alice, who drink every night while watching the television news, hoping to catch a glimpse of their sons fighting in Vietnam; and about her father, who vanished one day when Sophie was four years old.
Sophie's mother - tough, bitter, and unstable - warns Sophie never to mention her father's name, but Sophie is compelled to find him and discover why he left. After a frighteningly violent reunion, she seeks refuge and illumination from her grandmother. At once child and woman, Sophie is a precociously wise observer of the tragedies of her own family and of the world.
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Marchlands
Apr 06, 2000, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Orion Publishing Group, Limited
paperback
0753809583 9780753809587
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Marchlands
1999, Victor Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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MARCHLANDS: A Novel
June 7, 1999, Scribner
Paperback
in English
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0684854449 9780684854441
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