Shelterbelt

by Tricia Bauer

Book Overview

A year ago, Jade Engler's younger brother Benjamin was found beaten to death at the edge of their Paradise, Nebraska, farm. The event tore their family apart: the farm failed; Jade's father, despondent, has taken up with a sugary sweet younger woman; her mother ran off without a word.Jade herself responded by seducing any boy she thought might be responsible for her brother's death. Only recently had she begun to settle down-and now she's discovered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312266472
• ISBN13: 9780312266479
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Odyssey of the soul

Bauer ventures into new territory with this sensitive story of birth and legacy. Like her past work, there's humor and American-gothic hints scattered throughout. The book is very different from her last one, but it's interesting that children/babies play a role in all of her novels. Her portraits of contemporary American life are always right-on. Highly recommended.