Prudence

253 pages

English language

Published Nov. 29, 2015

ISBN:
9781594633089
OCLC Number:
889005460

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On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Europe. Awaiting him at the Pines are those he's about to leave behind: his hovering mother; the distant father to whom he's been a disappointment; the Indian caretaker who's been more of a father to him than his own; and Billy, the childhood friend who over the years has become something much more intimate. But before the homecoming can be celebrated, the search for a German soldier, escaped from the POW camp across the river, explodes in a shocking act of violence, with consequences that will reverberate years into the future for all of them and that will shape how each of them makes sense of their lives.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Life change events
  • Gay men
  • Summer resorts
  • Family life
  • Fiction
  • Death
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Manners and customs
  • Accidents
  • Friendship
  • Social life and customs
  • Families
  • Ojibwa Indians
  • Indian reservations
  • World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
  • Escaped prisoners of war
  • Amerikanisches Englisch
  • Children

Places

  • United States
  • Minnesota
  • Leech Lake Indian Reservation
  • Leech Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)