News of the WorldNow a Major Motion Picture National Book Award FinalistFiction In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of the American West from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels

Just like Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley

Peace Like A River is at once a heroic quest

The prize is the Mirror of Archimedes

Experienced bakers know by touch when dough they’re kneading is “lagom”—not too moist and not too dry

felt little love for anyone - except his son and daughter

Sadie can commune with the dead

clothing-optional life under a canvas tipi without running water

her relationship with her daughter

Chika’s arrival makes a quick impression

Maya’s Notebook is a startling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende

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But perfection is for plans