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Blues Lessons

by Robert Hellenga

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In the lush countryside of 1950s Michigan, young Martin Dijksterhuis has everything he could ever want, living among his extended family and working in his family's orchard fields. Despite his mother's plans for him to attend college in Chicago, he has no desire to leave home.

One autumn, in a camp of migrant farm workers, Martin discovers a music that touches him like nothing before — the unsettling melodies and timeless words of the country blues. He also falls in love with Corinna, the daughter of the black foreman who runs the orchards. He ends up fathering her child, only to lose her in a stunning betrayal. Martin's music and his love for Corinna are the two themes of his life. His struggle to combine them in a single story takes him far from home and the life he had always envisioned for himself, only to bring him back again in a way he could never have imagined.

In this beautifully rendered novel, Robert Hellenga explores the fragility of happiness, the struggle to discover one's true calling in life, and the sorrows and satisfactions of family.

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In late 1950s Michigan, Martin Dijksterhuis finds himself torn between his mother's desire for him to attend college and his own fierce love for his family's orchard and Corinna Williams, the daughter of the orchard's African American foreman.

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From the author of the acclaimed novel "The Fall of the Sparrow" comes an evocative tale about the fragility of happiness, the struggle to find one's mission in life, and the satisfactions and sorrows of being a parent.
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About the Author

Robert Hellenga is the author of The Sixteen Pleasures and The Fall of a Sparrow. He is a professor of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743225465
Author:
Hellenga, Robert
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
Teenage boys
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Migrant agricultural laborers
Subject:
Orchards
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2002
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 8
Publication Date:
20021231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8 x 5.25 in 13.51 oz
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Product details 336 pages Scribner Book Company - English 9780743225465 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , In late 1950s Michigan, Martin Dijksterhuis finds himself torn between his mother's desire for him to attend college and his own fierce love for his family's orchard and Corinna Williams, the daughter of the orchard's African American foreman.
"Synopsis" by , From the author of the acclaimed novel "The Fall of the Sparrow" comes an evocative tale about the fragility of happiness, the struggle to find one's mission in life, and the satisfactions and sorrows of being a parent.
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