Prudence

Description:

On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Europe. Awaiting him at the Pines are those he's about to leave behind: his hovering mother; the distant father to whom he's been a disappointment; the Indian caretaker who's been more of a father to him than his own; and Billy, the childhood friend who over the years has become something much more intimate. But before the homecoming can be celebrated, the search for a German soldier, escaped from the POW camp across the river, explodes in a shocking act of violence, with consequences that will reverberate years into the future for all of them and that will shape how each of them makes sense of their lives.

subjects: Life change events,  Gay men,  Summer resorts,  Family life,  Fiction,  Death,  World War, 1939-1945,  Manners and customs,  Accidents,  Friendship,  Social life and customs,  Families,  Ojibwa Indians,  Indian reservations,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924,  Escaped prisoners of war,  Amerikanisches Englisch,  Children,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Minnesota, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Indians of North America,  New York Times reviewed,  Indians of north america, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  American fiction,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180924

People: A. Andrae

Places: United States,  Minnesota,  Leech Lake Indian Reservation,  Leech Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)