Pub: February 4, 2014 |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Hardcover; 336p
Clement and Angel are fraternal twins separated at birth; they grow up in the same small, frontier logging town of Stillwater, Minnesota. Clement was left at the orphanage. Angel was adopted by the town’s richest couple, but is marked and threatened by her mother’s mental illness. They rarely meet, but Clement knows if he is truly in need, Angel will come to save him.
Stillwater, near the Mississippi River and Canada, becomes an important stop on the Underground Railroad. As Clement and Angel grow up and the country marches to war, their lives are changed by many battles for freedom and by losses in the struggle for independence, large and small.
Stillwater reveals the hardscrabble lives of pioneers, nuns, squaws, fur trappers, loggers, runaway slaves and freedmen, outlaws and people of conscience, all seeking a better, freer, more prosperous future. It is a novel about mothers, about siblings, about the ways in which we must take care of one another and let go of one another. And it’s brought to us in Nicole Helget’s winning, gorgeous prose.
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About the Author
Born in 1976, NICOLE LEA HELGET grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota, a childhood and place she drew on in the writing of her memoir, The Summer of Ordinary Ways. She received her BA and an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Based on the novel’s first chapter, NPR’s Scott Simon awarded The Turtle Catcher the Tamarack Prize from Minnesota Monthly.Nicole Helget shares her thoughts on writing and her influences, as well as beautiful photos of her family (including six children!) at her blog. You can also follow her on Twitter.
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Giveaway
I have one hardcover copy of Stillwater up for grabs. Giveaway is open to US residents only and ends on March 6th. To enter, please complete the form below.a Rafflecopter giveaway
Beautiful review would love to read it.
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ReplyDeleteI've been to Stillwater! This sounds like a wonderful story and can't wait to read it.
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ReplyDeleteThe book sounds like an amazing read. I love the setting, but find it very sad that one child was adopted while one was left in the orphanage. I would enjoy reading it. Thanks for having the giveaway.
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What a great plot and I'm betting this will be a fabulous book to read. The underground railroad was an incredible way to help people at a time in this country that was fraught with such strife. Thank you for sharing this generous giveaway. I would so love to win a copy of the book.
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ReplyDeleteI read the reviews of this book on Amazon. I'd be happy to read and review it myself.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book I would enjoy! Thank you for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAn interesting time period in an area of the country not often written about.
ReplyDeleteMy heart is already breaking at the idea of twins separated at birth and only one being adopted by the town's wealthiest family! What hardship and struggle they and their contemporaries endured in the effort to better our world.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really enjoyable book and the setting is very close to one of my old stomping grounds so that would make it extra fun for me. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Stillwater.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to read this and proud to state my interest first among commenters! :) Thank you!
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