Description
A shattering exploration of freedom, faith, and the fractured American landscape, this novel follows Pete Snow, a dedicated social worker who encounters Benjamin Pearl, a malnourished boy living in the Montana wilderness with his paranoid, apocalyptic father, Jeremiah. As Pete cautiously builds trust with this volatile survivalist, he becomes entangled in a dangerous web of suspicion and ideology that threatens to consume everyone around him. When Pete's own family begins to unravel and Jeremiah's activities attract federal scrutiny, the social worker finds himself caught between his moral convictions and a massive manhunt that will test the limits of his compassion and judgment. Henderson's unflinching narrative exposes the violent contradictions at the heart of American individualism, examining how the pursuit of freedom can become a descent into paranoia and destruction. Powerful and deeply unsettling, this is a novel about the impossible choices we make when idealism collides with reality.
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Published May 27, 2014
ISBN: 9780062286444
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson.