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Truth and Bright Water Paperback - 2001

by Thomas King

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This warm and magical story of growing up follows the mysterious events and family secrets that unfold before the eyes of a young boy living along a river that separates the towns of Truth and Bright Water. A choice of the American Library Association A-List for America's Readers.

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Thomas King is a writer of lyrical, comic poignancy, and a best-selling author in Canada. Of his latest novel, Newsday wrote, "Thomas King has quietly and gorgeously done it again." Truth and Bright Water tells of a summer in the life of Tecumseh and Lum, young Native-American cousins coming of age in the Montana town of Truth, and the Bright Water Reserve across the river in Alberta. It opens with a mysterious woman with a suitcase, throwing things into the river -- then jumping in herself. Tecumseh and Lum go to help, but she and her truck have disappeared. Other mysteries puzzle Tecumseh: whether his mom will take his dad back; if his rolling-stone aunt is home to stay; why no one protects Lum from his father's rages. Then Tecumseh gets a job helping an artist -- Bright Water's most famous son -- with the project of a lifetime. As Truth and Bright Water prepare for the Indian Days festival, their secrets come together in a climax of tragedy, reconciliation, and love.

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Soldier and I relax on the side of the coulee and watch Lum lengthen his stride as he comes to high ground.

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  • Title Truth and Bright Water
  • Author Thomas King
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2001-09-12
  • ISBN 9780802138408 / 0802138403
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Canada
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Kliatt, 01/01/2002, Page 12
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