A Country Called Home (Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point))

by Kim Barnes

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A powerful novel of young love and rural isolation from the acclaimed author of In the Wilderness.

Thomas Deracotte is just out of medical school, and his pregnant wife, Helen, have their whole future mapped out for them in upper-crust Connecticut. But they are dreamers, and they set out to create their own farm in rural Idaho instead. The fields are in ruins when they arrive, so they hire a farmhand named Manny to help rebuild. But the sudden, frightening birth of their daughter, Elise, tests the young couple, and Manny is called upon to mend this fractured family. An extraordinary story of hope and idealism, A
Country Called Home is a testament to the power of family—the family we are born to and the family we create.
  • ISBN10 0307268950
  • ISBN13 9780307268952
  • Publish Date 30 September 2008 (first published 1 January 2008)
  • Publish Status Remaindered
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Knopf Publishing Group
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 271
  • Language English