Bibliograph

Tiny Americans, a novel, Devin Murphy

Type

Label

Tiny Americans, a novel, Devin Murphy

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Tiny Americans

Oclc number

1089290808

Responsibility statement

Devin Murphy

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Western New York, 1978. Terrance Thurber spends this year teaching his children, Jamie, Lewis, and Connor, about the natural world: they listen to the heartbeat of trees, track animal footprints, sleep under the star-filled sky. But he doesn't show them how to survive without him. Now alone with their artist mother, Catrin, the Thurber children grapple with the anger they feel for the one parent who deserted them and a growing resentment for the one who didn't. When Jamie heads for college, Lewis for the navy, and Connor for work, they don't look back. Years later Terrence, sober and filled with regret, tries to build a bridge, through the years, to his family. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

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Creator