An unfinished life: a novel
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Jean Gilkyson, pregnant when her husband was killed, is raising their daughter, Griff, in an Iowa trailer house with yet another brutal boyfriend, when she realizes this can't go on. But the only refuge available is a town in Wyoming where her loved ones are dead and her father-in-law wishes she was too. For a decade he has blamed her for his son's death, choosing to go on living himself largely because his oldest friend otherwise couldn't survive. Bound as close as brothers, they face old age on a faltering ranch, their interdependence even more acute after one was crippled and the other mauled by his own pain. Suddenly Griff meets this grandfather she'd never heard about, not to mention a black cowboy confined to the bunkhouse, and irrepressibly claims her new life in hopes of turning grievous loss and recrimination toward reconciliation and love.
Subjects
Subjects
Bear attacks
Bear attacks -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Male friendship
Male friendship -- Fiction
Older men
Older men -- Fiction
Pregnant women
Pregnant women -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Ranch life
Ranch life -- Fiction
Rural development
Rural development -- Fiction
Single mothers
Single mothers -- Fiction
Veterans
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
Wyoming -- Fiction
Bear attacks -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Male friendship
Male friendship -- Fiction
Older men
Older men -- Fiction
Pregnant women
Pregnant women -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Ranch life
Ranch life -- Fiction
Rural development
Rural development -- Fiction
Single mothers
Single mothers -- Fiction
Veterans
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
Wyoming -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9781400042012
9781565119000
9781598871470
9781565119000
9781598871470
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Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-28 06:59:01AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-04 22:22:07PM |
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Bear attacks -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Male friendship -- Fiction
Older men -- Fiction
Pregnant women -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Ranch life -- Fiction
Rural development -- Fiction
Single mothers -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
Wyoming -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Male friendship -- Fiction
Older men -- Fiction
Pregnant women -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Ranch life -- Fiction
Rural development -- Fiction
Single mothers -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
Wyoming -- Fiction
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An unfinished life : a novel
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An Unfinished Life : a novel [electronic resource] / Mark Spragg
An unfinished life : a novel / Mark Spragg
An unfinished life Mark Spragg
An unfinished life : a novel / Mark Spragg
An unfinished life Mark Spragg
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An unfinished life
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a novel
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Families
Korean War, 1950-1953
Literature
Male friendship
Older men
Pregnant women
Ranch life
Rural development
Single mothers
Veterans
Widows
Families
Korean War, 1950-1953
Literature
Male friendship
Older men
Pregnant women
Ranch life
Rural development
Single mothers
Veterans
Widows
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