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By Sorrow's River
Larry McMurtry

By Sorrow's River

Larry McMurtry

Janu · Simon & Schuster

Berrybender family (Fictitious characters)Women immigrantsBritishEccentrics and eccentricitiesYoung women

About this book

Raising her young son, Monty, Tasmin Berrybender hopes to turn him into an English gentleman despite his life on the trail toward Santa Fe, an endeavor that is compromised by painful occurrences in the lives of Tasmin's husband and father.

Who this is for

AI · Sample

Quiet, observational, and lightly philosophical — the prose is the point. Best for readers who already enjoy literary fiction and aren't reading for plot. Frustrates anyone expecting clear stakes.

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