Synopsis
When her father is tossed in jail for hiding a barn full of Mexicans, her 10-year-old nephew disappears, and her son comes home, bringing a world of trouble with him, Sweet is driven to desperate actions to fix things, which tests her family, friends and neighbors in unexpected ways. (general fiction).
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Review
This story has a furious pulse... Askew paces her story masterfully. The reader turns the pages with a mounting sense of anticipation and dread... Explores with a deft hand and an unflinching moral vision the gray areas of an argument so often presented in black and white. * New York Times Book Review * An impressive, witty and thought-provoking family saga * Red * Rawboned, heartfelt and often funny... the author's delight in language abounds on every page... A tale of clashing values, emotions and powerful forces at stake ... Extraordinary * Huffington Post * Rilla Askew's raucous, ebullient novel... gets to the very heart of what it means to be part of the family of man... Here, immigration has a human, heartbreaking face... Askew's characters are both larger than life and deeply, complicatedly human... powerful and moving * San Francisco Chronicle * Kind of Kin is a kind of miracle. The character Sweet is an American original, doing her best to hold the family she loves together while trying not to fall apart. A winner. -- Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of 'The Shoemaker's Wife' Rich, rewarding, and humane * Publishers Weekly *
Book Description
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.
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