Literary giant Jim Harrison's masterpiece novel is a deeply moving story about origins and endings, how to make sense of loss, and how to live with honour for the dead. It is one of the finest novels of Harrison's long, storied career, and confirms his standing as one of the most important writers now working in English.
Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, the father of two grown children and married to a white woman, Cynthia, who long ago renounced the wealth she was raised with. As Returning to Earth opens, Donald is slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. As his condition worsens he realizes that when he dies, there will be no one left to pass on to his children their family history. He begins dictating to Cynthia stories he has never shared with anyone. Around him, his family struggles with allowing Donald to die with the same dignity with which he always lived.
Literary giant Jim Harrison's masterpiece novel is a deeply moving story about origins and endings, how to make sense of loss, and how to live with honour for the dead. It is one of the finest novels of Harrison's long, storied career, and confirms his standing as one of the most important writers now working in English.
Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, the father of two grown children and married to a white woman, Cynthia, who long ago renounced the wealth she was raised with. As Returning to Earth opens, Donald is slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. As his condition worsens he realizes that when he dies, there will be no one left to pass on to his children their family history. He begins dictating to Cynthia stories he has never shared with anyone. Around him, his family struggles with allowing Donald to die with the same dignity with which he always lived.
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Jim Harrison is the author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He divides his time between Michigan, Montana, and Arizona. |
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Jim Harrison is the author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He divides his time between Michigan, Montana, and Arizona. |