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Bleeding Kansas
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by Sara Paretsky
Sales Rank: 29454
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List Price: $25.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 448 pages
Published by: Putnam Adult January 1, 2008
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0399154051
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0399154058
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
Weighs: 1.5 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Bestseller Paretsky, who has tackled weighty issues in her V.I. Warshawski detective series (e.g., the Holocaust in Total Recall), weaves a gripping contemporary novel around three farm families—the Grelliers, Fremantles and Schapens—that can trace their Kaw Valley, Kans., roots back to the 1850s, a time of violent clashes between antislavery and proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. Their shared history is no buffer against the storm of changes that begin with the arrival of Gina Haring, a lesbian Wiccan. Chip Grellier, after being expelled from high school, enlists in the army and is killed in Iraq with devastating effects on his family. The Schapens' fundamentalist doctrines come to the fore when they discover a perfect red heifer in their dairy herd that may be a path to riches as well as to the second coming. Meanwhile, Gina stirs prejudices and passions to a fever pitch. Paretsky taps a different vein and strikes gold in this timely tale of fear and conflict in heartland America. Author tour.(Jan.)
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From Bookmarks Magazine
Fans of V. I. Warshawski, the gritty Chicago private eye, may be surprised to find her absent from Sara Paretskys latest work. Paretsky grew up in the Kaw River Valley, and her affection for its countryside, people, and history shines throughout this novel. The regional and historical roots of Paretskys characteristic social consciousness are clearly on display in what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls "a novel of ideas." Despite some complaints of flat characters, cartoonish villains, and a confusing, sometimes implausible, plot, many critics felt that Paretskys vibrant storytelling outweighed the novels shortcomings. Warshawski fans, take heart: Paretsky reports that the resilient detective is currently in Italy, recovering from a beating she took in Fire Sale (2005), but that she will return in 2009.
Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.
Reader Reviews
I'm sure this is a wonderful book, if I could make it past page 34 without having to re-read the previous pages so I can pick up the thread of all these names again. I've been reading it for THREE NIGHTS and still can't keep the cast of characters straight. There are Schapens, Greynards and Grelliers, and Fremantles, and others. Are Jim and Susan married? Is Chip their son or Lulu's father? Who is John Fremantle related to? Who are Robbie, Kathy, Arnie, Myra, Blitz and Curly, Doug and Mimi? Lara and Lulu-- is that the same person? Who is she related to again? WHEW. To make it worse, pronouns then enter the picture. "Arnie and Chip walked down to his house to put his horses away in time for his mother (who is that again?) to bake the biscuits," etc. Then, characters are sometimes referred to by name, but other times by "Gram" (I still don't know who that is), etc. Frustrating. What a shame. Sorry for the bad review. Maybe others can make heads or tails of it...
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