<div> The acclaimed author’s “mesmerizing tale” of a young man and woman who struggle to survive in the remote, disputed territory of 19th-century New Hampshire (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). With an oxcart full of rum, a man known as Blood travels through the wild country of New England toward an ungoverned territory called the Indian Stream—a land where the luckless or outlawed can make a fresh start. Blood is a man of contradictions, of learning and wisdom, but also a man with a secret past that has scorched his soul. Intending to establish himself as a prosperous trader, he brings with him Sally, a sixteen-year-old girl he won from her mother in a game of cards. Blood and Sally’s arrival in the Indian Stream triggers an escalating series of clashes that soon destroy the master/servant bond between them, offering both a second chance with life. But as the conflicts within the community attract the attention of outside authorities, Blood becomes a target for those in need of a scapegoat, forcing him to confront dreaded apparitions from his past, while Sally is offered a final escape. “In intensely charged prose very reminiscent of Faulkner’s,” Lost Nation delves beneath the bright, promising veneer of early-nineteenth-century New England to reveal a startling, violent parable of individualism and nationhood (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). “A rousing tale that will surely please the readers of his first, bestselling novel, In the Fall.” —Publishers Weekly “Jeffrey Lent has quietly created some of the finest novels of our new century.” —Ron Rash “Sentence by sentence rural New England comes alive, and Lent’s language draws you in like a clear stream in summer.” —Tim Gautreaux </div>

Lost Nation

<div>This &ldquo;richly detailed and expertly plotted&rdquo; historical epic chronicles the dark secrets and forbidden loves of an American family across three generations (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In the twilight of the Civil War, a Union soldier meets a runaway slave and returns with her to his family homestead in Vermont, launching the story of a bold, interracial union and its myriad consequences. This passionate couple and their descendants will grapple with the ongoing devastations of the war, racism, and a haunting family legacy that lies dormant until a grandson is driven to discover the secret of his ancestors. Spanning the post&ndash;Civil War era to the edge of the Great Depression, In the Fall is an expansive saga of a rapidly evolving America&mdash;from life on a farm, through the final years of Prohibition and bootlegging in the resort towns of New Hampshire, to the advent of modern times. &ldquo;Remarkable for its grace, felicity and precision,&rdquo; Jeffrey Lent&rsquo;s debut novel is an utterly compelling vision of America, and an unforgettable portrait of an American family (Publishers Weekly, starred review). &ldquo;Jeffrey Lent has quietly created some of the finest novels of our new century.&rdquo; &mdash;Ron Rash &ldquo;Jeffrey Lent builds characters and their world like a painter layering his canvas, telling his story but substantiating it with color and light.&rdquo; &mdash;Tim Pears &ldquo;Sentence by sentence . . . Lent&rsquo;s language draws you in like a clear stream in summer.&rdquo; &mdash;Tim Gautreaux</div>

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In the Fall

<div>The acclaimed author&rsquo;s &ldquo;transcendent story about the healing power of love and art&rdquo; set in the New England woods&mdash;&ldquo;magisterial and . . . beautifully written&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Hewitt Pearce lives alone in his Vermont family home, producing custom ironwork and safeguarding a small collection of art his late father left behind. When Jessica, a troubled young vagabond, washes up in his backwoods one morning, Hewitt&rsquo;s hermetic existence is challenged. As he gradually uncovers Jessica&rsquo;s secrets and reestablishes contact with Emily, a woman he thought he had lost twenty years before, Hewitt must confront his own dark history and rediscover how much he craves human connection. Rendered in prose that is &ldquo;lustrous&mdash;rich in supple dialogue and finely patterned imagery,&rdquo; A Peculiar Grace is a remarkable achievement by one of our finest authors, an insightful portrait of family secrets, and a rich tapestry filled with characters who have learned to survive by giving shape to their losses (Booklist). &ldquo;Echoing the rhapsodic specificity and gravitas of Steinbeck and Kent Haruf, Lent has constructed a resolute tale of paradise lost and found.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist, starred review &ldquo;Jeffrey Lent has quietly created some of the finest novels of our new century.&rdquo; &mdash;Ron Rash &ldquo;Jeffrey Lent builds characters and their world like a painter layering his canvas, telling his story but substantiating it with color and light.&rdquo; &mdash;Tim Pears &ldquo;Sentence by sentence rural New England comes alive, and Lent&rsquo;s language draws you in like a clear stream in summer.&rdquo; &mdash;Tim Gautreaux</div>

A Peculiar Grace

<div>A widower finds healing and the surprise of new love in 1920s Amsterdam in this “intricate and rewarding” historical novel (Publishers Weekly). College professor Henry Dorn has spent years building a family in Nova Scotia, but it only takes a single afternoon for it to fall apart. Abruptly widowed of the love of his life, Henry buys a steamer ticket for Amsterdam, the city of his heritage, hoping to start life anew. Nothing could have prepared Henry for the woman he meets on the ship: the fiery Lydia Pearce—one of a new generation of self-sufficient women. Before long the two have fallen into an affair of a depth and significance for which neither was prepared. But the memory of his wife and the vexed relationship he had with their son haunt Henry in the midst of his new beginning. After You’ve Gone beautifully charts the sweep of a life, the grim reach of Word War I, and the discovery—and loss—of life-defining love.</div>

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Lost Nation

In the Fall

A Peculiar Grace

After You've Gone

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