Leif Enger
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
313, 10 p.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old asthmatic Reuben Land chronicles the Land family's odyssey in search of Reuben's older brother, Davy, who has escaped from jail before he can stand trial for the killing of two marauders who came to their Minnesota farm to harm the family.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Reuben shares the story of how his father, trying to raise his sons alone in 1960s Minnesota, takes their family on a quest to find Reuben's older brother, who has been charged with murder.