Author: Lin Enger
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publisher Date: 3 September 2014 (332 Pages, Hardcover)
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Western, 1878 - 1889 Gilded Age
Series:
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.
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We are introduced to the family that we will be following. We are seeing Eli's point of view at the moment.
We know the boys are home, and Eli see thus father walk away? But why? Will Eli go looking for his father? Will he stay and help his mother and brother?
We seem to be seeing how each member feels or struggles when someone walks away. Will Danny and Eil keep looking for their father? Will Eli go off and leave his brother, Danny, with their mother?
Eli seems determined to go search for their father. Danny seems to have either dreams or nightmares. Are his headaches due to them?
Now there m I ther is looking for both her sons. Will she find them? What will she do if and when she finds them?
It looks like the boys are searching for their father. After finding out some information about him, they realize they do not know him. Will they decide to head back home? Will they follow, hoping to find their father? Will their father return, and will they all be together? Will it just be Gretta and her sons that remain?
What adventures does Eli go on, and will he let his father learn a lesson, or will Eli do something to help his father heal and help a man who lost his whole family? Will his father feel better?
Was his guilt too much to consider dying, and will this Magpie and his family understand, and what is the result of giving one son for another? Will the Inians see that his son might be struggling, and is that what he wanted for a son he so wanted to teach and have help hunting? Did these Indians decide that what they did would not help, or did it make more sense to see the world as it changed to?
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