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The Tie That Binds: A Novel
The Tie That Binds A Novel
Author: Kent Haruf
Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors one cold afternoon. The motives: the brutal business of farming and a family code of ethics a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805018691
ISBN-10: 0805018697
Publication Date: 9/1991
Pages: 246
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (P)
Book Type: Paperback
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I enjoyed this novel so much that it inspired me to look for more books by Mr. Haruf. I appreciated that the portrayal of clergy was not as patronizing or superficial as in some instances in the general media, and that some of the liturgical references were accurate.


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