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When the earthquake brings annie larks missouri house down on. I nearly put the book back on the shelf but decided to take a chance. Nov, 2007 the river wife, the latest novel by jonis agee, starts with a deceptively placid prologue told in the first person by a 17yearold named hedie rails who arrives at a place known as jacques. Read online or download the bones of paradise by jonis agee book for free hello fellow readers. The river wife louisville free public library overdrive. Click to read more about the river wife by jonis agee. Jonis agee is a professor and writer of short stories, novels, essays, and screenplays. In 1930, hedie rails marries charming spendthrift clement ducharme and moves to his farm at jacques landing. Book cover the river wife by jonis agee i love books, great books.
Author interview jonis agee, author of the river wife. Instead, she set out to tell a more contemporary story of life in the heartland, as she had done in her 1993 novel strange angels, which was a new york times notable book, and in her highly praised. Her deliberate pacing allows her to make especially effective use of limited. Jonis agee born may 31, 1943 in omaha, nebraska is a writer of short stories, novels, essays, and screenplays. The bones of paradise the awardwinning author of the river wife returns with a multigenerational family saga set in the unforgiving nebraska sand hills in the years following the massacre at wounded kneean ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. The river wife ebook por jonis agee 9781588366306 rakuten. Central to the story is the enigmatic, jacques ducharme, a onearmed river pirate whose wealth and wild ways become legendary. I assumed it was by james agee and was distressed to see, upon finding it at the library, that the author of the river wife is actually jonis agee. The river wife is a panoramic storyfrom the 1812 new madrid quake to the 1930s. Sep 04, 2016 jonis agee, the small dynamo who was an integral part of the twin cities literary community for 20 years, is eager to return to read from her widely praised new novel, the bones of paradise. The bones of paradise by jonis agee overdrive rakuten.
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