Plainsong

<p><b>Set in Kent Haruf's fictional landscape of Holt County, Colorado, <i>Plainsong</i> is a story of simple lives told with extraordinary empathy.</b><br><br><b>With an introduction by Peter Carey, author of</b><b> <i>True History of the Kelly Gang.</i></b><br><br>Tom Guthrie is struggling to bring up his two young sons alone and, in the same town, school girl Victoria Roubideaux is pregnant and homeless.<br><br>Brothers Harold and Raymond McPheron &ndash; gentle, solitary, gruff and unpolished &ndash; agree to take Victoria in, unaware that their lives will change forever.<br><br><b>A novel of haunting beauty from one of America's greatest writers, <i>Plainsong</i> is an undeniable classic that explores the grace and hope of every human life and mankind's infinite capacity for love.</b></p>