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The Buffalo Soldier
by Chris Bohjalian
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ISBN13: 9780375725463 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
With his trademark emotional heft and storytelling skill, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian presents this resonant novel about the formation of an unconventional family–the ties that bind it, and the strains that pull it apart. Two years after their twin daughters died in a flash flood, Terry and Laura Sheldon, a Vermont state trooper and his wife, take in a foster child. His name is Alfred; he is ten years old and African American. And he has passed through so many indifferent families that he can’t believe that his new one will last.
In the ensuing months Terry and Laura will struggle to emerge from their shell of grief only to face an unexpected threat to their marriage; Terry’s involvement with another woman. Meanwhile, Alfred cautiously enters the family circle, and befriends an elderly neighbor who inspires him with the story of the buffalo soldiers, the black cavalrymen of the old West. Out of the entwining and unfolding of their lives, The Buffalo Soldier creates a suspenseful, moving portrait of a family, infused by Bohjalian’s moral complexity and narrative assurance.
Review:
“In The Buffalo Soldier, Bohjalian proves once again that he's a master novelist.” –The Boston Globe
Synopsis:
The devastating loss of their twin daughters in a flash flood turns the lives of Terry and Laura Sheldon upside down as their marriage is tested by grief, Terry's brief love affair, and their growing relationship with their foster child, a ten-year-old African American boy.
Synopsis:
With his trademark emotional heft, bestselling author Bohjalian presents a resonant novel about a troubled couple who adopt a black child. "The Buffalo Soldier" creates a suspenseful, moving portrait of a family, infused by moral complexity and narrative assurance.
About the Author
Chris Bohjalian is the author of eight novels, including Midwives (a Publishers Weekly Best Book), Trans-Sister Radio, The Law of Similars, and Water Witches. He has won the New England Book Award as well as a New England Booksellers Association Discovery title. He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780375725463
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Author:
- Author:
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Children
- Subject:
- Short Stories (single author)
- Subject:
- Adultery
- Subject:
- Married people
- Subject:
- Psychological fiction
- Subject:
- Vermont
- Subject:
- Foster parents
- Subject:
- African American boys
- Subject:
- Domstic fiction
- Edition Description:
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Series Volume:
- 02-435
- Publication Date:
- February 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 7.56x5.24x1.02 in. .70 lbs.
