· pages, Random House. The Distance Home is a fiercely intimate portrait of a midth-century South Dakota family caught in the crossfire of a Author: Sally Denton. “The Distance Home is the coming-of-age story of an artistically talented girl who grows up amid the emotional turmoil of a dysfunctional family she yearns to save. Set in the isolation of South Dakota prairie towns and then the provincialism of Rapid City, The Distance Home is an exemplary story of what hardworking people suffered in Middle America in the late twentieth century while striving to achieve /5(54). · “The Distance Home is the coming-of-age story of an artistically talented girl who grows up amid the emotional turmoil of a dysfunctional family she yearns to save. Set in the isolation of South Dakota prairie towns and then the provincialism of Rapid City, The Distance Home is an exemplary story of what hardworking people suffered in Middle America in the late twentieth century while striving to Brand: Random House Publishing Group.
The Distance Home is the story of two children growing up side by side - the one given opportunities the other just misses - and the fall-out in their adult lives. Funny and tragic, both intimate and universal, Paula Saunders' debut is about how our parents shape the adults we become. It is a hugely moving story of devotion and neglect. The Distance Home is a deeply involving portrait of the American postwar family: its promises and disruptions—surrounded by a rich, shimmering, sensuous South Dakota landscape."—Jennifer Egan "[Paula] Saunders skillfully illuminates how time heals certain wounds while deepening others, and her depiction of aging is viscerally affecting. Review: The Distance Home. Willa Cather once said, "Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.". I thought of those words while reading Paula Saunders's cinematic debut novel, The Distance Home, which she has said is based on her fractured s South Dakota childhood. Saunders draws from a deep.
pages, Random House. The Distance Home is a fiercely intimate portrait of a midth-century South Dakota family caught in the crossfire of a rapidly changing American culture. With her. The Distance Home is the story of two children growing up side by side - the one given opportunities the other just misses - and the fall-out in their adult lives. Funny and tragic, both intimate and universal, Paula Saunders' debut is about how our parents shape the adults we become. Paula Saunders' debut novel,The Distance Home. Tender, searing, and unforgettable, The Distance Home is a profoundly American story spanning decades—a tale of haves and have-nots, of how our ideas of winning and losing, success and failure, lead us inevitably into various problems with empathy and caring for one another.
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