Joe Wilkins
Autor(a) de Fall Back Down When I Die
About the Author
Joe Wilkins grew up in eastern Montana on a sheep and hay ranch north of the Bull Mountains. He is the author of a memoir, The Mountain and the Father, winner of a 2014 GLCA New Writers Award, and three collections of poetry, including When We Were Birds, winner of the 2017 Oregon Book Award in mostrar mais Poetry. His debut novel, Fall Back Down When I Die, praised as "remarkable and unforgettable" in a starred review at Booklist, is now available from Little, Brown. He lives with his family in western Oregon, where he directs the creative writing program at Linfield College. mostrar menos
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Associated Works
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Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
- Locais de residência
- McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 113
- Popularidade
- #173,161
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 4
- ISBN
- 20
- Línguas
- 3
Wendell and Maddy meet one evening and form a sort of friendship. Later and under tragic circumstances, Maddy and Wendell learn that their families are connected. Wendell’s father, who escaped into the mountains on the run from the law and was never found, murdered his childhood friend, Kevin, who is Maddy’s father.
The subplot and cause of the tragedy goes back to the concept of land ownership and the rights of landowners and individuals. Many nearby farmers graze livestock on federal land and desire to kill wolves that come onto the land. They bristle under government regulations on grazing and hunting on what they see as their land. The story culminates in a shootout between a fringe group of angry landowners and the government, resulting in Wendell, Maddy, and Rowdy running into the mountains to hide.
The elements of the novel unwind slowly and methodically. The author does not give much away, though the reader is suspicious the entire time that tragedy will continue to befall these families. There is a tense undercurrent that permeates the story as the inevitable unravels.… (mais)