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Call Number: Fiction / Henderson, Smith, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Henderson, Smith
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Henderson, Smith	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Henderson, Smith	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. But as Pete's own family spins out of control, Pearl's activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed. In this shattering and iconic American novel, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion, and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation's disquieting and violent contradictions" -- from publisher's web site.

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Intense Read submitted by Beth Manuel on August 4, 2015, 9:30am I found this book to be riveting on several levels. First, the families that the social worker-protagonist encounters and the whole end of days mentality of survivalists. Add to that the dysfunction both professionally and personally of Pete made it a fascinating story. It kind of blew my mind.