Cloudmaker - Malcolm Brooks
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From the nationally bestselling author ofย Painted Horses, Malcolm Brooks returns with a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhartโs final flightโa tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen year old Houston โHuckโ Finn. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a ... Full description
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From the nationally bestselling author ofย Painted Horses, Malcolm Brooks returns with a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhartโs final flightโa tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.
The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen year old Houston โHuckโ Finn. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a rare Lindbergh flight watch on its wrist, it seems like a sign. Huck is building his own airplane, a fact he has concealed from his mother. That summer also marks the arrival of his cousin Annelise, sent to live with the family under mysterious circumstances. As it turns out, she has had flying lessonsโanother sign. As Huckโs airplane takes shape, so does his burgeoning understanding of the world, including the battle over worldliness vs. godliness that has split Annelise from her family, and, in a quieter way, divides Huckโs family too. And meanwhile, thereโs the matter of the watch, which it turns out the dead manโs cohort of bank robbers would very much like back.
In Brooksโ trademark โlush, breathtaking proseโ (San Francisco Chronicleย onย Painted Horses) and with a winking nod to the Sam Clemens who inspired its heroโs nickname,ย Cloudmakerย is a boisterous, heartfelt novel that brings to life the idealism, inventiveness, traditionalism, and deep contradictions of the American spirit.
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| Author | Malcolm Brooks |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Grove Atlantic |
| Release year | 2022 |
| Cover type | Softcover |
| EAN | 9780802159465 |