Inland

by Téa Obreht

Other authorsVirginia Norey (Designer), Jaya Miceli (Cover designer), Tamara Ruiz (Cover artist)
Ebook, 2019

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"In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life -- her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her two older sons, who have gone in search of their father after his return is delayed. Nora is biding her time with her youngest son, a boy with a bad eye who is convinced that a mysterious beast is stalking the land around their home, and a seventeen year old maid named Josie, her husband's cousin who communes with spirits. Lurie is the son of a dead dockworker, a former outlaw, and a man haunted by ghosts. He sees lost souls who want something from him, and he finds reprieve from their longing in an unexpected relationship that inspires an epic journey across the West."--… (more)

Awards

Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2021)
Dylan Thomas Prize (Shortlist — 2020)
BookTube Prize (Octofinalist — Fiction — 2020)
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year (Historical Fiction — 2019)

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2019
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