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Mark Bramhall (narrator) and
Kent Haruf
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
February 26, 2013
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385363617
ISBN-10
0385363613
Dimensions
1.25 by 5 by 5.75 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$35.00
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
From the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife, Mary, must work together to make his final days as comfortable as possible. Their daughter, Lorraine, hastens back from Denver to help look after him; her devotion softens the bitter absence of their estranged son, Frank, but this cannot be willed away and remains a palpable presence for all three of them. Next door, a young girl named Alice moves in with her grandmother and contends with the painful memories that Dad's condition stirs up of her own mother's death. Meanwhile, the town’s newly arrived preacher attempts to mend his strained relationships with his wife and teenaged son, a task that proves all the more challenging when he faces the disdain of his congregation after offering more than they are accustomed to getting on a Sunday morning. And throughout, an elderly widow and her middle-aged daughter do everything they can to ease the pain of their friends and neighbors.
Despite the travails that each of these families faces, together they form bonds strong enough to carry them through the most difficult of times. Bracing, sad and deeply illuminating, Benediction captures the fullness of life by representing every stage of it, including its extinction, as well as the hopes and dreams that sustain us along the way. Here Kent Haruf gives us his most indelible portrait yet of this small town and reveals, with grace and insight, the compassion, the suffering and, above all, the humanity of its inhabitants.
From the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife, Mary, must work together to make his final days as comfortable as possible. Their daughter, Lorraine, hastens back from Denver to help look after him; her devotion softens the bitter absence of their estranged son, Frank, but this cannot be willed away and remains a palpable presence for all three of them. Next door, a young girl named Alice moves in with her grandmother and contends with the painful memories that Dad's condition stirs up of her own mother's death. Meanwhile, the town’s newly arrived preacher attempts to mend his strained relationships with his wife and teenaged son, a task that proves all the more challenging when he faces the disdain of his congregation after offering more than they are accustomed to getting on a Sunday morning. And throughout, an elderly widow and her middle-aged daughter do everything they can to ease the pain of their friends and neighbors.
Despite the travails that each of these families faces, together they form bonds strong enough to carry them through the most difficult of times. Bracing, sad and deeply illuminating, Benediction captures the fullness of life by representing every stage of it, including its extinction, as well as the hopes and dreams that sustain us along the way. Here Kent Haruf gives us his most indelible portrait yet of this small town and reveals, with grace and insight, the compassion, the suffering and, above all, the humanity of its inhabitants.
Editions
Hardcover
from Pan Macmillan (April 11, 2013)
9781447227526 | details & prices | 272 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.14 lbs | List price $27.75
This edition also contains Benediction
This edition also contains Benediction
With Penny Jordan |
Large print edition from Harlequin Mills & Boon (November 1, 2000); titled "The Perfect Father"
9780263167092 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $22.95
This edition also contains The Perfect Father
This edition also contains The Perfect Father
Paperback
from Vintage Books (January 14, 2014)
9780307950420 | details & prices | 257 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
This edition also contains Benediction
This edition also contains Benediction
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Unabridged edition from Random House (February 26, 2013)
9780385363617 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $35.00
About: A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the YearFrom the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
About: A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the YearFrom the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
Library
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (June 1, 2013)
9781611738063 | details & prices | 343 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.12 lbs | List price $36.95
This edition also contains Benediction
About: A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the YearFrom the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
This edition also contains Benediction
About: A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the YearFrom the beloved and best-selling author of Plainsong and Eventide comes a story of life and death, and the ties that bind, once again set out on the High Plains in Holt, Colorado.
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