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Crooked Creek

Maximilian Werner
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Pages
186
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
Torrey House Press

About

2012 Eric Hoffer Book Awards for General Fiction Honorable Mention2011 Utah Book Award FinalistCrooked Creek takes place during the latter part of westward expansion and chronicles the lives (and deaths) of the Wood family. The Woods--Preston and Sara--must flee Arizona when they, along with Sara's parents and little brother Jasper, unwittingly get caught up in the plunder and sale of American Indian corpses and funerary objects. Preston, Sara, and Jasper end up in the Heber Valley of Utah, where they seek the support of Sara's Uncle Neff until they can be reunited with Sara's mother and father. But from the moment they ride into Heber, Preston and Sara learn that life in the valley is not as it appears, and that no matter how far we run, we cannot escape the past.

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Reviews

"Max Werner's Crooked Creek offers a haunting voyage into the past and into living landscapes sharpened by western light, resonating with the work of such authors as Cormac McCarthy and Wallace Stegner."
George Handley, author of Home Waters: A Year of Recompenses on the Provo River
"Maximilian Werner is a fresh and grounded writer, a welcome and original new voice."
Thomas McGuane
"Here in the deep measured prose of Max Werner is a western story, harsh and lush as the old world it depicts. With its compelling, layered story, this rich book is a reader's pleasure."
Ron Carlson, author of The Signal

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