{"product_id":"peace-like-a-river-by-leif-enger","title":"Peace Like a River by Leif Enger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"reminder of why we read fiction to begin with\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e is Leif Enger's extraordinary debut novel--a heroic quest, a tragedy, a love story, and a haunting meditation on the possibility of magic in the everyday world--with over one million copies sold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaised on tales of cowboys and pirates, eleven-year-old Reuben Land has little doubt that miracles happen all around us, and that it's up to us to \"make of it what we will.\" Reuben was born with no air in his lungs, and it was only when his father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that his lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy who knows firsthand that life is a gift, and also one who suspects that his father is touched by God and can overturn the laws of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quiet Midwestern life of the Lands is upended when Davy, the oldest son, kills two marauders who have come to harm the family; unlike his father, he is not content to leave all matters of justice in God's hands. The morning of his sentencing, Davy-a hero to some, a cold-blooded murderer to others-escapes from his cell, and the Lands set out in search of him. Their journey is touched by serendipity and the kindness of strangers-among them a free spirit named Roxanna, who offers them a place to stay during a blizzard and winds up providing them with something far more permanent. Meanwhile, a federal agent is trailing the Lands, convinced they know of Davy's whereabouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Jeremiah at the helm, the family covers territory far more extraordinary than even the Badlands where they search for Davy from their Airstream trailer. Sprinkled with playful nods to biblical tales, beloved classics such as \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, the adventure stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the westerns of Zane Grey, \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds like a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Top Five Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDenver Post \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Leif Enger . . . is a natural-born storyteller, and his novel moves in a current that can be poetic and slow or as tumultuous as whitewater rapids. This novel has the power to convince that, despite sorrow, human experience is a miracle of ordinary truth and extraordinary love.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A rich mixture of adventure, tragedy, and healing ... a journey you simply must not miss.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What allows \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e to transcend any limitations of belief and genre is its broad, sagacious humanity . . . There is magic here, none more potent than Enger's prose.\"-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a reminder of why we read fiction to begin with.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you like a ripping good story told in robust prose that gives you goose bumps, latch onto this book - more than a novel of miracles, it is truly a miraculous novel.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Seattle Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"You don't see novels like this one very often.  \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e reminds a reader of Kent Haruf's  \u003ci\u003ePlainsong\u003c\/i\u003e or even Norman MacLean's  \u003ci\u003eA River Runs Through It\u003c\/i\u003e. It's got that pure American loss of innocence theme, that belief in and fascination with miracles, that insistence on the goodness of men outside of the law.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling blend of traditional and artfully offbeat storytelling . . . a miracle well worth witnessing . . . Grade: A.\"-- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If ever there was a time for a novel of faith and redemption-a quiet book of old-fashioned verities-this is it. -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Post \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEIF ENGER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River, which won the Independent Publisher Book Award and was one of the Los Angeles Times and Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year. He is also the author of So Brave, Young, and Handsome and Virgil Wander. He and his wife Robin live in Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget age: 12 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtlantic Monthly Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: August 7, 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.9\" H x 8.2\" L x 5.4\" W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e320 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959639634106,"sku":"9780802139252","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/81YhSJmMprL._SL1500.jpg?v=1751424320","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/peace-like-a-river-by-leif-enger","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}