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Blues Lessons

Blues Lessons

Blues Lessons
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Blues Lessons Paperback - 2003

by Hellenga, Robert,

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From the author of the acclaimed novel "The Fall of the Sparrow" comes an evocative tale about the fragility of happiness, the struggle to find one's mission in life, and the satisfactions and sorrows of being a parent.

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  • Title Blues Lessons
  • Author Hellenga, Robert,
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner Book Company, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2003-01-07
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 742686-n
  • ISBN 9780743225465 / 0743225465
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.14 x 5.24 x 0.73 in (20.68 x 13.31 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Geographic Orientation: Michigan
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 5

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From the publisher

In the lush countryside of 1950s Michigan, young Martin Dijksterhuis has everything he could ever want, living among his extended family and working in his family's orchard fields. Despite his mother's plans for him to attend college in Chicago, he has no desire to leave home.
One autumn, in a camp of migrant farm workers, Martin discovers a music that touches him like nothing before -- the unsettling melodies and timeless words of the country blues. He also falls in love with Corinna, the daughter of the black foreman who runs the orchards. He ends up fathering her child, only to lose her in a stunning betrayal. Martin's music and his love for Corinna are the two themes of his life. His struggle to combine them in a single story takes him far from home and the life he had always envisioned for himself, only to bring him back again in a way he could never have imagined.
In this beautifully rendered novel, Robert Hellenga explores the fragility of happiness, the struggle to discover one's true calling in life, and the sorrows and satisfactions of family.

About the author

Robert Hellenga is the author of The Sixteen Pleasures and The Fall of a Sparrow. He is a professor of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

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