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A country called home : a novel

A newly married couple abandon the comfort of upper-class Connecticut and stake their claim in 1960s Fife, Idaho. Thomas and Helen Deracotte - he a young, poor doctor, she a stifled, monied rebel - buy an isolated farm sight unseen and arrive to find it a shambles. Upon arriving in the inhospitable wilderness, Thomas realizes that he would rather live off the land for their daily sustenance than open his own medical practice, and he hires Manny, a handsome teenage vagabond, to help around the farm. When Helen has baby girl Elise, Manny ingratiates himself further with the Deracottes and becomes a loving caretaker. But when the new mother begins to feel suffocated and overwhelmed, she returns to her rebellious ways and finds herself powerfully attracted to Manny. Their relationship has dire consequences for all involved - particularly for Helen and Elise, but nobody gets off easy.

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  • "A newly married couple abandon the comfort of upper-class Connecticut and stake their claim in 1960s Fife, Idaho. Thomas and Helen Deracotte - he a young, poor doctor, she a stifled, monied rebel - buy an isolated farm sight unseen and arrive to find it a shambles. Upon arriving in the inhospitable wilderness, Thomas realizes that he would rather live off the land for their daily sustenance than open his own medical practice, and he hires Manny, a handsome teenage vagabond, to help around the farm. When Helen has baby girl Elise, Manny ingratiates himself further with the Deracottes and becomes a loving caretaker. But when the new mother begins to feel suffocated and overwhelmed, she returns to her rebellious ways and finds herself powerfully attracted to Manny. Their relationship has dire consequences for all involved - particularly for Helen and Elise, but nobody gets off easy."@en
  • "Driven by youthful idealism, Thomas Deracotte and his pregnant wife, Helen, leave upper-crust Connecticut for a utopian adventure in the Idaho wilderness, purchasing a dilapidated local farm and optimistically setting up housekeeping with the help of a local boy."
  • "From the author of the acclaimed memoir and Pulitzer Prize finalist "In the Wilderness" comes a luminous novel of youthful idealism, of faith and madness, of love and family."
  • "Thomas Deracotte is just out of medical school, and his pregnant wife, Helen, have their whole future mapped out for them in upper-crust Connecticut. But they are dreamers, and they set out to create their own farm in rural Idaho instead. The fields are in ruins when they arrive, so they hire a farmhand named Manny to help rebuild. But the sudden, frightening birth of their daughter, Elise, tests the young couple, and Manny is called upon to mend this fractured family."@en

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  • "A country called home : a novel"@en
  • "A country called home"
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