Third Place Book Club - A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher

“On April 15, 1847 we started from near Cedar Rapids Iowa,” author Karen Fisher’s ancestor, 11, wrote in her journal. “After traveling six miles we were detained by a snow storm. We made a company of 42 wagons. . . . Past Missouri River was a violent storm the wind caught one of our wagons and overturned it....”  Beginning with this journal, Karen Fisher created a novel set during the Oregon migration of 1847, a “tough and tender” read, a tale of history, love, survival, and the power of stories to bind us together.

A Sudden Country was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award, winner of the Mountains & Plains booksellers award, and winner of the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award.  

Karen Fisher will read here Wednesday, July 29 at 7 pm.

A Sudden Country (Paperback)

By Karen Fisher

$13.95

ISBN-13: 9780812973433
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 6/2006

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