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The Land Breakers
The Land Breakers | John Ehle
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Set deep in the Appalachian wilderness between the years of 1779 and 1784, The Land Breakers is a saga like the Norse sagas or the book of Genesis, a story of first and last things, of the violence of birth and death, of inescapable sacrifice and the faltering emergence of community. Mooney and Imy Wright, twenty-one, former indentured servants, long habituated to backbreaking work but not long married, are traveling west. They arrive in a no-account settlement in North Carolina and, on impulse, part with all their savings to acquire a patch of land high in the mountains. With a little livestock and a handful of crude tools, they enter the mountain worldone of transcendent beauty and cruel necessityand begin to make a world of their own. Mooney and Imy are the first to confront an unsettled country that is sometimes paradise and sometimes hell. They will soon be followed by others. John Ehle is a master of the American language. He has an ear for dialogue and an eye for nature and a grasp of character that have established The Land Breakers as one of the great fictional reckonings with the making of America.
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JenniferP
The Land Breakers | John Ehle
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I couldn‘t resist these in the latest nyrb sale! #nyrb

BarbaraBB Great choices. I read Lucky Jim in high school and found it so funny. I always wonder if I would still think so! 5y
AnneCecilie I just read Berlin Akexanderplatz and will definitely recommend it. 5y
Aimeesue The Bedford was excellent. I really enjoyed it. 5y
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LeahBergen Wait... there was a sale? 😆 5y
JenniferP @LeahBergen I missed their big summer sale so I joined their email list. This was a smaller number of books included in the sale, but I still found plenty! 5y
JenniferP @Aimeesue oh good - I picked that one on a whim. 5y
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cathysaid
The Land Breakers | John Ehle
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I rarely create TBR lists because...SQUIRRELS!!!!!

But here are a few potential reads. At least until I visit a library. Or a bookstore. Or Target. Or...

#JulyTBR

sprainedbrain I just loved the Book of the Unnamed Midwife! 5y
cathysaid @sprainedbrain Good to hear! It's not one I would naturally pick up but I've seen good things.
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cathysaid @Reagan-reads I checked it out as a free Prime book but I think it was 1.99 recently. (edited) 5y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Me neither, I'm too moody of a reader to stick with a specific tbr. 5y
squirrelbrain Of course, squirrels! 🐿🤣 I loved 5y
Tamra Me too. 😏 5y
cathysaid @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Truth. Hopefully a goal of four specific books is achievable. 5y
cathysaid @Tamra Hehe. Luckily Litsy is a judgement-free zone. 5y
cathysaid @squirrelbrain I‘m so excited that it‘s getting such great reviews! 5y
sisilia The Land Breakers sounds like an excellent piece!!! Stacked! 5y
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Tamra
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Hoping this one lands squarely in my wheelhouse - had to get it straightaway! Thanks to @cathysaid ✌🏾

Nat_Reads This sounds great! 6y
Tamra @Nat_Reads I had never heard of it, but it is the first in a whole series. 1964 6y
Cathythoughts Sounds good 👍👍🏾 6y
cathysaid I haven't started it yet! And it's the first in a series? 6y
Tamra @cathysaid yes, check out the Introduction. I had no idea. But I get the impression this is often read alone. (edited) 6y
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cathysaid
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So these are some of the books I have pulled from my TBR pile. I'm still narrowing down... Have you read any of them yet? Or do any of them appeal to you? I'll tag the other three in comments. #LMPBC

@Mdargusch @ItsAngel @IheartYA

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Tamra Stacked The Land Breakers 🙂 6y
batsy Haven't read any but they all sound great! 6y
BookishTrish I've wanted to read this one for ages 6y
cathysaid @Tamra Tag me when you read it! It looks like a dense but interesting read. And I'm a sucker for NYRB editions ever since I read Stoner. 6y
cathysaid @batsy Thanks! They've all been on my shelves for a while 😳 6y
Tamra @cathysaid oh heavens yes, me too!! 6y
cathysaid @BookishTrish I have several Europa editions waiting to be read 😳😜 6y
LeahBergen I love NYRBs and Europas so they all sound good! 6y
CatLass007 #LMPBC? NYRBs? Europas? What language are you speaking? If this is a game, could I play? 6y
LeahBergen @CatLass007 😂 New York Review Books editions and Europa editions. 6y
cathysaid @CatLass007 NYRB is "New York Review Book" published by New York Review of Books. They publish lesser known classics and translations, often with an introduction. (Check out nyrb.com) And #LMPBC is a book club (Litsy Marked-Up Postal Book Club) facilitated by @suvata where small groups read a book, mark it up and pass it on. Check her page - I think there's still availability! 6y
IheartYA The Hollow Land sounds interesting and mysterious. 6y
Mdargusch They all sound good but if you want my vote, the Land Breakers and the Distant Marvels sound the most intriguing to me. I don‘t think you can go wrong with any of them. I‘m so excited! 6y
cathysaid @Mdargusch @IheartYA @ItsAngel Thanks! I have a couple more options in mind that I'll post soon. So fun! 6y
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