Overview
The beautiful and heart-rending first novel from the author of Plainsong.
In The Tie That Binds, his critically acclaimed first novel, Kent Haruf delivers the sweeping tale of eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough. Narrated by her neighbour, Edith''s tragedies unfold: a tough childhood, a mother''s death, a violence that leaves a father dependent on his children, forever enraged. She is a woman who sacrifices everything in the name of family - until she is forced to reclaim her freedom in one dramatic and unexpected gesture.
Breathtaking and truthful, The Tie That Binds is a powerful tribute to the demands of rural life, and to the tenacity of the human spirit.
- | Author: Kent Haruf
- | Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Jun 07, 2002
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780330490450
- | ISBN-10: 0330490451
