Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Book description
Leif Enger’s best-selling debut is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, and a love story, in which ‘what could be unbelievable becomes extraordinary” (Connie Ogle, The Miami Herald). Enger brings us eleven year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy in the Midwest who has reason to believe in miracles. Along with his sister and father, Reuben finds himself on a cross-country search for his outlaw older brother who has been controversially charged with murder. Their journey unfolds like a revelation, and its conclusion shows how family, love, and faith can stand up to the most terrifying of enemies, the most tragic of fates. Published in 2001, 313 pages.
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Discussion questions
Peace Like a River discussion questions from readingroupguides.com
Additional information
A brief biography of Leif Enger from the One Book, One Denver 2004 reading project
“Riding the wave of Leif Enger’s dazzling debut.” Interview by Alden Mudge in BookPage. 2001.
“Interview With Leif Enger.” Interview by Writers and Books. If All of Rochester Read the Same Book…2004.
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