Peace Like a River By Leif Enger
The latest book discussed by the Mom's Club Book Discussion Group, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger grabs you on the first page, as the narrator of the book is born. Asthmatic Reuben Land comes into this world with failing lungs, and stays in it because of a miracle executed by his father. Though the miracles continue in this book they are surprisingly a sidenote to the story of Reuben, his precocious and charming sister Swede, his hard-working, devout father Jeremiah and his brother and oldest child Davy, an outlaw whom the family crosses the country to find after he is convicted of murder and breaks out of jail. Beautifully constructed characters and rich prose make Peace Like a River, set in rural Minnesota and the Badlands of North Dakota in the early 1960s, a touching and memorable read.
Watch in the coming months for Peace Like a River to be added to our list of Book Club Kits, totebags with 10 paperback copies of a title and discussion questions available for a 6-week checkout. Other title can be found here. Information on the Mom' Club and all of our book discussion groups can be found here.
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