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Black River
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Book Club Kit, 2016
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Current format, Book Club Kit, 2016, First Mariner Books edition, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsA former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and confront an inmate who, 20 years earlier, held him hostage during a prison riot. A first novel. Online reader's guide available. 25,000 first printing.
An Indie Next Title &; An Indies Introduce Title &; Long-listed for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
&;Impressive . . . [A] tough, honest novel by a surprisingly wise young writer.&; &; Washington Post
 
&;A complex and powerful story&;put Black River on the must-read list.&; &; Seattle Times
 
Wes Carver returns to his hometown&;Black River, Montana&;with two things: his wife&;s ashes and a letter from the parole board. The convict who once held him hostage during a prison riot is up for release. For years, Wes earned his living as a corrections officer and found his joy playing the fiddle. But the riot shook Wes&;s faith and robbed him of his music; now he must decide if his attacker should walk free. With &;lovely rhythms, spare language, tenderness, and flashes of rage&; (Los Angeles Review of Books), S. M. Hulse shows us the heart and darkness of an American town, and one man&;s struggle to find forgiveness in the wake of evil.
 
&;Artful . . . Hulse evokes the Montana landscape in lyrical, vivid prose.&; &; Boston Globe
 
&;Hulse believes that grace happens in a look between two people, or a moment of holding back. A powerful elegy.&; &; Guardian 
An Indie Next Title &; An Indies Introduce Title &; Long-listed for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
&;Impressive . . . [A] tough, honest novel by a surprisingly wise young writer.&; &; Washington Post
 
&;A complex and powerful story&;put Black River on the must-read list.&; &; Seattle Times
 
Wes Carver returns to his hometown&;Black River, Montana&;with two things: his wife&;s ashes and a letter from the parole board. The convict who once held him hostage during a prison riot is up for release. For years, Wes earned his living as a corrections officer and found his joy playing the fiddle. But the riot shook Wes&;s faith and robbed him of his music; now he must decide if his attacker should walk free. With &;lovely rhythms, spare language, tenderness, and flashes of rage&; (Los Angeles Review of Books), S. M. Hulse shows us the heart and darkness of an American town, and one man&;s struggle to find forgiveness in the wake of evil.
 
&;Artful . . . Hulse evokes the Montana landscape in lyrical, vivid prose.&; &; Boston Globe
 
&;Hulse believes that grace happens in a look between two people, or a moment of holding back. A powerful elegy.&; &; Guardian 
A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and confront the inmate who, twenty years ago, held him hostage during a prison riot.
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- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
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