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The High Divide

Audiobook
Fiction: Western / Saga
Unabridged   10.75 hour(s)
Publication date: 09/23/2014

The High Divide

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Audio CD ISBN:9781622314911
Digital Download ISBN:9781622314928

Summary

Enger’s breathtaking portrait of the vast Plains landscape is matched by the rich expanse of his characters’ emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events blend seamlessly with the intimate story of a family’s sacrifice and devotion.

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In 1886, Gretta Pope wakes one morning to discover that her husband is gone. Ulysses Pope has left his family behind on the far edge of Minnesota’s western prairie, with only the briefest of notes and no explanation for why he left or where he’s headed. It doesn’t take long for Gretta’s young sons, Eli and Danny, to set off after him, following the scant clues they can find, jumping trains to get where they need to go, and ending up in the rugged badlands of Montana.

Short on money and beleaguered by a treacherous landlord, Gretta has no choice but to seek out her sons and her husband as well, leading her to the doorstep of a woman who seems intent on making Ulysses her own. While out in the Western wilderness, the boys find that the closer they come to Ulysses’s trail, the greater the perils that confront them—until each is faced with a choice about whom they will defend, and who they will become. Enger’s breathtaking portrait of the vast plains land- scape is matched by the rich expanse of his characters’ emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events—the bloody turmoil of expansionism, the near total demise of the bison herds, and the subjugation of the Plains Indians—blend seamlessly with the intimate story of a family’s sacrifice and devotion.

Reviews/Praise

“A deeply moving, gripping novel about one man’s quest for redemption and his family’s determination to learn the truth. . . . Layered with meaning, this remarkable novel deserves to be read more than once. the High Divide proves Enger’s chops as a masterful storyteller.”
      —Ann Weisgarber, author of the Promise

Author Bio

LIN ENGER is an Iowa Workshop graduate, author of the novel Undiscovered Country, and the recipient of a James Michener Award and a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship. His short stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, Ascent, Great River Review, American Fiction, and other journals. He teaches at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

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