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Hard Red Spring by Kelly Kerney (2016, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100525429018

ISBN-139780525429012

eBay Product ID (ePID)215301856

Product Key Features

Book TitleHard Red Spring

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicHispanic & Latino, Political, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorKelly Kerney

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-298969

ReviewsPraise for Born Again "Charmingly real and sympathetic." -- Entertainment Weekly "Entertaining . . . Throughout, Kerney successfully reveals the manifold contradictions and inconsistencies inherent in adult life." -- The San Francisco Chronicle "Like yin and yang, zealotry and doubt animate this intriguing debut. Mel is a terrific character: curious, smart, and funny." -- Publishers Weekly " Born Again is a harrowing and frequently hilarious insider's examination of Christian fundamentalism. It's enough to make an atheist pray--that this is not America's future." --Richard Russo "Charming and insightful." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Born Again "Charmingly real and sympathetic." -- Entertainment Weekly "Entertaining . . . Throughout, Kerney successfully reveals the manifold contradictions and inconsistencies inherent in adult life." -- The San Francisco Chronicle "Like yin and yang, zealotry and doubt animate this intriguing debut. Mel is a terrific character: curious, smart, and funny." -- Publishers Weekly " Born Again is a harrowing and frequently hilarious insider's examination of Christian fundamentalism. It's enough to make an atheist pray--that this is not America's future." --Richard Russo "Charming and insightful." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "The tale of a young Pentecostal's test of faith, Kerney's debut novel has guts and strength, even as it pivots on its narrator's uncertainty. . . . Though it would be easy to clobber readers with such an obvious message, Kerney executes it subtly and skillfully." -- The New York Times

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisAn ambitious and unforgettable epic novel that spans a hundred years of Guatemala's tumultuous history as experienced by four American women who are linked by the mysterious disappearance of a little girl In 1902, a young girl watches her family's life destroyed by corrupt officials and inscrutable natives. In 1954, the wife of the American ambassador becomes trapped in the intrigue of a cold war love affair. In 1983, an evangelical missionary discovers that the Good News may not be good news at all to the Mayan refugees she hopes to save. And in 1999, the mother of an adopted Mayan daughter embarks on a Roots Tour only to find that the history she seeks is not safely in the past. Kelly Kerney's novel tells a powerful story that draws on the history of Guatemala and the legacy of American intervention to vividly evoke The Land of Eternal Spring in all its promise and all its devastating failures. This is a place where a volcano erupts and the government sends a band to drown out the sound of destruction; where a government decree reverses the direction of one-way streets; a president decides that Pat Robertson and Jesus will save the country; and where a UN commission is needed to determine the truth. A heartrending and masterfully written look at a country in perpetual turmoil, Hard Red Spring brilliantly reveals how the brutal realities of history play out in the lives of individuals and reveals Guatemala in a manner reminiscent of the groundbreaking memoir I, Rigoberta Menchu .

LC Classification NumberPS3611.E7626H37 2016