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04.26: Amity and Sorrow
2013-03-15 02:35:53| Powells Books Events Calendar
A mother and her daughters drive for days without sleep until they crash their car in rural Oklahoma. The mother, Amaranth, is desperate to get away from someone she's convinced will follow them wherever they go — her husband. The girls, Amity and Sorrow, can't imagine what the world holds outside their father's polygamous compound. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Bradley, a farmer grieving the loss of his wife. At first unwelcoming to these strange, prayerful women, Bradley's abiding tolerance gets the best of him, and they become a new kind of family. An unforgettable story of belief and redemption, Peggy Riley's Amity and Sorrow (Little, Brown and Company) is a page-turning literary debut about the influence of community and learning to stand on your own.
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