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By: Kent Haruf

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  • CategoryHistory
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages246
  • Published1984
  • File size760 KB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780030719790

Key ideas from the book

  • The novel follows Edith Goodnought through circumstances shaped by family duty.
  • Edith’s responsibilities center on her father and younger brother.
  • Her story is set in Colorado’s high plains, beginning in 1898.
  • The narrative spans eighty years of western history.
  • Readers encounter a portrait of endurance and service to others.

About The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf

Set in Colorado’s high plains, Kent Haruf’s novel begins in 1898 and spans eighty years of western history. At its center is Edith Goodnought, bound by love and duty to her disabled father and younger brother.

Readers interested in literary fiction about family obligation, endurance, and life in the American West may find this a compelling choice. Its setting also offers a view of the region across a long period of change.

About Kent Haruf

Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American novelist born in Pueblo, Colorado. His fiction often returns to the people and landscapes of the American West, especially the fictional Colorado town of Holt. His best-known books include Plainsong, Eventide, and Benediction, which form the Holt trilogy, as well as Our Souls at Night. In spare, compassionate prose, Haruf explored family, loneliness, community, and the quiet connections that shape ordinary lives.

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