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A Novel
Grove Press
December 2006
On Sale: November 27, 2006
272 pages
ISBN: 0802118380
EAN: 9780802118387
Hardcover
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Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a master … who
makes the ordinary extraordinary, the unnamable
unforgettable,” beloved author Jim Harrison returns with a
masterpiece—a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about
life, death, and finding redemption in unlikely places.
Slowly dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Donald, a middle-aged
Chippewa-Finnish man, begins dictating family stories he has
never shared with anyone, hoping to preserve history for his
children. The dignity of Donald’s death and his legacy
encourages his loved ones to find a way to redeem—and let go
of—the past, whether through his daughter’s emersion in
Chippewa religious ideas or his mourning wife’s attempt to
escape the malevolent influence of her own father. A deeply
moving book about origins and endings, and how to live with
honor for the dead, Returning to Earth is one of the finest
novels of Harrison’s long, storied career, and will confirm
his standing as one of the most important American writers
now working.
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