New York, NY: Scribner (1992)

First Edition. Uncorrected Proof.

Near fine in publisher wrappers with personal letter from the publisher:

"Larry Brown said: 'Reading this novel is like being swept along by a hurricane. I couldn't put it down and I grieved when it was over. It's one of the finest things I've read in a long time.'"

From the bestselling author of The Shipping News comes Postcards, the tale of the Blood family, New England farmers who must confront the twentieth century -- and their own extinction. As the family slowly disintegrates, its members struggle valiantly against the powerful forces of loneliness and necessity, seeking a sense of home and place forever lost.

Loyal Blood, eldest son, is forced to abandon the farm when he takes his lover's life, thus beginning a quintessentially American odyssey of solitude and adventure. Yearning for love, yet forced by circumstance to be always alone, Loyal comes to symbolize the alienation and frustration behind the American dream.