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The wake of forgiveness

In 1895, an ambitious young Texan landowner loses his wife during the birth of their fourth child. The boy proves to be very talented on horseback that his father has him ride in acreage-staked races against the neighbors. But Karel, the young boy, is haunted by thoughts of the mother he never knew and the bloodshot blame in his father's eyes, and marked by the yoke he and his brothers must wear to plow the fields.

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  • "On a moonless Texas night in 1895, an ambitious young landowner loses his wife during the birth of their fourth child. From an early age the boy proves so talented on horseback that his father has him ride in acreage-staked races against the neighbors. But Karel is haunted by thoughts of the mother he never knew and the bloodshot blame in his father's eyes, and marked by the yoke he and his brothers must wear to plow the fields."
  • "En 1895, au Texas, un homme assiste au décès de sa femme, mettant au monde son quatrième enfant, Karel. Désespéré, il entraîne ses fils dans une vie brutale et organise des courses de chevaux contre ses voisins, pour gagner des terres.--[Memento]."
  • "Texas, 1910. Karel rides in the ultimate high-stakes race against a powerful Spanish patriarch and his alluring daughters. Hanging in the balance are his father's fortune, his brother's futures, and his own fate. Fourteen years later, with the stake of the race still driven hard between him and his brothers, Karel is finally forced to dress the wounds of his past and to salvage the tattered fabric of his family."
  • "In 1895, an ambitious young Texan landowner loses his wife during the birth of their fourth child. The boy proves to be very talented on horseback that his father has him ride in acreage-staked races against the neighbors. But Karel, the young boy, is haunted by thoughts of the mother he never knew and the bloodshot blame in his father's eyes, and marked by the yoke he and his brothers must wear to plow the fields."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Large print books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "The wake of forgiveness"
  • "The wake of forgiveness"@en
  • "The wake of forgiveness [a novel]"@en
  • "Le sillage de l'oubli roman"
  • "Le sillage de l'oubli : roman"
  • "Le sillage de l'oubli"

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