Set in 1962 Minnesota, the story follows eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who believes his father, Jeremiah, performs literal miracles. After Reuben’s older brother, Davy, kills two intruders who threatened their family, he escapes from jail and flees toward the North Dakota badlands. Jeremiah takes Reuben and his younger sister, Swede, on a cross-country pursuit in an Airstream trailer. They navigate winter storms and federal manhunts while Jeremiah exhibits supernatural interventions, such as walking on air and multiplying food.
Readers who value traditional storytelling and moral clarity will find this narrative rewarding. It serves those interested in the intersection of Western outlaws and quiet faith. The book provides a look at how a family maintains loyalty when individual conscience clashes with the law. By the end, a reader understands the burden of witnessing the extraordinary in a mundane world and how personal sacrifice functions as a tool for redemption within a broken family.
Contemplative; a moderate read.
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- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
