Homestead A Novel

Melinda Moustakis, Ariel Blake

eAudio - 2023

"Ariel Blake soothingly narrates this desolate tale of Marie and Lawrence as they come together and navigate an abrupt new marriage, loss of their first child, and homesteading in the rugged Alaskan wilderness during the 1950s."- AudioFile From NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE and FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD WINNER Melinda Moustakis, a debut novel set in Alaska, about the turbulent marriage of two unlikely homesteaders "So good, so precise, so strong, and so deeply felt." —Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author"Recommended for fans of Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone." —Booklist (starred review)Anchorage, 1956. When Marie and Lawrence first lock eyes at the Moose Lodge, they are ...immediately drawn together. But when they decide to marry, days later, they are more in love with the promise of homesteading than anything. For Lawrence, his parcel of 150 acres is an... more