Returning to Earth: A Novel
 

Returning to Earth: A Novel

by Jim Harrison

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a master … who makes the ordinary extraordinary, the unnamable unforgettable,” beloved author Jim Harrison returns with a masterpiece—a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and finding redemption in unlikely places. Slowly dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Donald, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, begins dictating family... (read more)

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Four strong voices emerge as they tell their stories focused on Donald, a Chippewa-Finnish man living with Lou Gehrig's disease.

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"The best thing about travel, though is that it's difficult to be consumed by the past against the backdrop of a fresh landscape." All the characters travel in this tale either spiritually, physically, or emotionally.

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