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Although part of fourth of july creek wonders what became of a family, that is only a part. In smith hendersons fourth of july creek, pete snow is a social worker in rural northwest montana. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Cormac mccarthys shadow may loom heavy across the prose, but the story this prose conveys, and the manner in which henderson unfurls it. Smith henderson is the recipient of the 2011 pen emerging writers award in fiction. Jun 27, 2014 smith hendersons debut novel, fourth of july creek, follows a social worker in montana in 1980 investigating a survivalists treatment of his son. Smith hendersons debut novel, fourth of july creek, is the latest of these.
Its scope is audacious, its range virtuosic, its gaze steady and true. By tenderly portraying horrible family secrets, henderson is able to illuminate the richness and possibility in even the most painful lives. Born and raised in montana, he now lives in portland, oregon. After his daughter disappears, social worker pete snow must face the fact he has failed his own family as he is drawn into a manhunt when his clienta disturbed and paranoid survivalistsparks the interest of. This stunning debut novel about broken lives in rural montana crackles with the intensity of a tom waits song, writes jeff vandermeer.
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