Kind of Kin - Hardcover

Askew, Rilla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062198793 ISBN 13: 9780062198792

Publisher: Ecco Pr, 2013

Synopsis

In Kind of Kin by award-winning author Rilla Askew, when a church-going, community-loved, family man is caught hiding a barn-full of illegal immigrant workers, he is arrested and sent to prison. This shocking development sends ripples through the town--dividing neighbors, causing riffs amongst his family, and spurring controversy across the state.

Using new laws in Oklahoma and Alabama as inspiration, Kind of Kin is a story of self-serving lawmakers and complicated lawbreakers, Christian principle and political scapegoating.

Rilla Askew's funny and poignant novel explores what happens when upstanding people are pushed too far--and how an ad-hoc family, and ultimately, an entire town, will unite to protect its own.

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Review:

"I loved it!!! I stayed up until 4 in the morning ... I couldn't stop thinking about it. That is just one of the magical things about Rilla's writing...A brilliant portrait of the world today. I just felt hopeful when I was finished."--Diane Welsh, Barnes & Noble, Cedar Rapids, IA

Passionate, solid, and fair. . . Askew's characters, whose viewpoints are all over the political map, are well-imagined, thoughtful, and treated with a kindness that is often lacking in the ongoing discussion of this 'hot button' topic. It deserves great applause."--Emily Russo, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY

"Askew writes a very compelling family drama that features a very hot subject these days-immigration, illegal and otherwise. Religion, civil rights, extended families, and the economic struggles of blue collar families all come into play in this multi-layered novel of life in Oklahoma."--Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO

"The nature of this wonderful novel is, like the characters, raucous, messy, uncertain and foolishly brave. Askew's story is brilliant and a most timely look at who is welcome into our lives and how we express and share compassion even while times are tough and language is a barrier."--Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

"Compelling...this novel is rich, rewarding, and humane."--Publishers Weekly

"Wonderful . . . Askew's unflinching portrait of a family whipsawed from within and without is a story for our time. It's proof of Askew's flat-out genius that Kind of Kin is merciless, yet strangely full of mercy."--Ben Fountain, author Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

"Vividly authentic . . . Askew has crafted an uncannily real cast of characters . . . A winner for book clubs...Askew's sensitive and humanizing treatment of this hot-button issue is sure to provoke thought and discussion no matter what readers' political leanings may be."--Shelf Awareness

"Askew's novel delivers the unexpected. It has moments both funny and sublime."--Denver Post

"The end result is a novel as ambitious as it is complex: Askew deftly weaves multiple points of view into a narrative that's spacious, messy and, above all, honest."--Kansas City Star

"Intelligent and gripping...Askew's strength as a novelist is just this; through an accretion of believable detail and judgment-free descriptions, she creates characters in whose fate you can't help but become invested."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

Book Description:

For readers who love Marilynne Robinson and Barbara Kingsolver comes a compelling, funny and poignant novel about what happens when a family - and an entire community - are forced to confront the difference between right and wrong.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062198793
• ISBN 13: 9780062198792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 417