Bleeding Kansas

from mcelhra

This book takes place in a small farming community outside of Lawrence, Kansas. It centers on the conflict between two families who have lived on their land since the 1860s and the changes that take place when an outsider moves to town. When I started this book, so many characters were introduced...

from EmScape

There are no heroes in this story; all of the characters are deeply flawed, with the possible exception of the two 15-year-olds who are caught in the middle of a decades-old feud between their families. Instead of making these characters unlikable and impossible to relate to, they are all the mor...

from EmScape

There are no heroes in this story; all of the characters are deeply flawed, with the possible exception of the two 15-year-olds who are caught in the middle of a decades-old feud between their families. Instead of making these characters unlikable and impossible to relate to, they are all the mor...

from dara85

This takes place in Kansas involving two farming families, the Grelliers and Schapens. Both families have lived in this area of Kansas since before Kansas became a state. The neighbors used to be close, but are now divided by religious beliefs. The grelliers have the more liberial view and the Sc...

from kraaivrouw

I'm a fan of Ms. Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series & have considered reading this standalone a number of times since it came out. I've put it back on the shelves for a number of reasons, not least of them that I'm just not that into small-town family chronicles of this sort. I finally took it out...