03055cam a2200313 4500 530267616 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781571318831 1571318836 B00B6U173W Amazon 9e8b4df0-cbd1-47ea-bade-2af7a708b9b7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1269788 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rhodes, David. Jewelweed [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Milkweed Editions, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3760kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>From the acclaimed author of <i>Driftless</i>,</b> <b>"a novel of forgiveness, a generous ode to the spirit's indefatigable longing for love"</b> <b>(<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i>).</b><br /> When David Rhodes burst onto the American literary scene in the 1970s, he was hailed as "a brilliant visionary" (John Gardner) and compared to Sherwood Anderson and Marilynne Robinson. In <i>Driftless</i>, his "most accomplished work yet" (Joseph Kanon), Rhodes brought Words, WI, to life in a way that resonated with readers across the country. Now with <i>Jewelweed</i>, this beloved author returns to the same out-of-the-way hamlet and introduces a cast of characters who all find themselves charged with overcoming the burdens left by the past, sometimes with the help of peach preserves or pie.<br /> After serving time for a dubious conviction, Blake Bookchester is paroled and returns home. The story of Blake's hometown is one of challenge, change, and redemption, of outsiders and of limitations, and simultaneously one of supernatural happenings and of great love. Each of Rhodes's characters—flawed, deeply human, and ultimately universal—approach the future with a combination of hope and trepidation, increasingly mindful of the importance of community to their individual lives. Rich with a sense of empathy and wonder, <i>Jewelweed</i> offers a vision in which the ordinary becomes mythical.<br /> <br /> "I liked <i>Driftless</i>, but his emotionally rich new novel, <i>Jewelweed</i>, a sequel of sorts, is even better. The novel emits frequent solar flares of surprise and wonder."—<i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i><br /> "[A] rhapsodic, many-faceted novel of profound dilemmas, survival, and gratitude . . . [a] refulgent hymn to the earth, 'psychic strength,' hard work, integrity, and love."—<i>Booklist</i> (starred review.) Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/jewelweed?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/jewelweed?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/jewelweed?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)