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"The New York Times bestseller from the author of Fire Sale. In Kansas, three families have coexisted not-so-peacefully for more than one hundred and fifty years: the Grelliers, the Fremantles, and the Schapens. Into their lives comes Gina Haring, a relative of the Fremantles who is house-sitting the derelict family mansion while she puts her own life in order. Her lifestyle and beliefs will put her at odds with her neighbors'and test the mettle of a community being swept up in events beyond its control."@en
"Two families have been farming in the Kaw River Valley for over a hundred and fifty years, their lives connected through generations by history and geography. Then Gina Haring, bringing with her the liberal air of the big city, moves into a dilapidated house near both farms. Almost every one of the Grelliers is drawn to her, but it is Susan, a woman of ephemeral passions, whose involvement stirs up the wrath of the Schapen clan. The results for her own family will be cataclysmic."
"In rural Kansas, three farm families, the fundamentalist Schapens, the Grelliers, and the Fremantles, try to deal with their religious differences and the ramifications of the Iraq War."@en
"In een kleine boerengemeenschap met aanhangers van diverse religies in Kansas is de verschijning van een lesbische moderne heks aanleiding tot tragische gebeurtenissen."
"This is a story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s."@en
"The Grellier and Schapen families have been farming in the Kaw River Valley for over a hundred and fifty years. In Bleeding Kansas, that legacy provides the backdrop as the current generations struggle with the issues of war and changing sexual and religious mores. Susan Grellier?s antiwar activism leads to catastrophic consequences for her family. And the Schapens believe that an event at their dairy farm is the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy."
"The Schapens and the Grelliers are farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s. TheSchapens have turned to old-time religion for security. When Gina Haring, A Wiccan, moves into a nearby farmhouse, the Schapens are so outraged that they begin a harassment campaign. Despite parental cautions, the Grelliers' teenage children are enraged by the Schapens. An angry confrontation causes Chip Grellier to be expelled from school and to join the army. Chip's death in Iraq is the catalyzing event for momentous changes in the lives of all the families in the valley."@en
"Paretsky weaves a gripping contemporary novel around three farm families -- the Grelliers, Fremantles and Schapens -- that can trace their Kaw Valley, Kansas, roots back to the 1850s, a time of violent clashes between antislavery and proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. Their shared history is no buffer against the storm of changes that begin with the arrival of Gina Haring, a lesbian Wiccan. Chip Grellier, after being expelled from high school, enlists in the army and is killed in Iraq with devastating effects on his family. The Schapens' fundamentalist doctrines come to the fore when they discover a perfect red heifer in their dairy herd that may be a path to riches as well as to the second coming. Meanwhile, Gina stirs prejudices and passions to a fever pitch. Paretsky taps a different vein and strikes gold in this timely tale of fear and conflict in heartland America."
"The Schapens and the Grelliers are farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s; when Gina Haring, a Wiccan, moves into a nearby farmhouse, the Grelliers' teenage children have an angry confrontation with the Schapens, who begin a harassment campaign against Gina."
"The late-twentieth-century descendants of anti-slavery emigrants worry about maintaining religious superiority over a rival family while launching a harassment campaign against a Wiccan newcomer, an effort that is challenged by a young man's military service."
"The late-twentieth-century descendants of anti-slavery emigrants worry about maintaining religious superiority over a rival family while launching a harassment campaign against a Wiccan newcomer, an effort that is challenged by a young man's military service."@en
"Two families are linked by their midwestern pioneer pasts, and the dark family secrets that threaten to tear them apart. This is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as antislavery immigrants. Today, the Schapen family, still terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970s - when Lawrence was the most violent college town in the nation - have turned to that old-time religion for security. The Schapens keep a close eye on all their neighbors, most especially the Grelliers. When Gina Haring, a Wiccan, moves into a nearby empty farmhouse and starts practicing pagan rites, the Schapens are so outraged that they begin an active harassment campaign against the Wiccans. The family members worry, too, about who stands better with the Lord, they or the Grelliers. When a Schapen cow gives birth to what may be a "Perfect Red Heifer" - needed if the Temple is ever rebuilt in Jerusalem - the Schapens are convinced that God is indeed smiling on them."
"Set in the Kaw River Valley where Paretsky grew up, Bleeding Kansas is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as antislavery emigrants. Today, the Schapen family, terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970s, when Lawrence was the most violent college town in the nation, has turned to that old-time religion for security. The Schapens keep a close eye on all their neighbors, most especially the Grelliers. They maintain careful track of everyone's misdeeds, printing the most egregious on their family website. When Gina Haring, a Wiccan, moves into an empty farmhouse and starts practicing pagan rites, the family members are so outraged that they begin an active harassment campaign against the Wiccans. The Schapens worry, too, about who stands better with the Lord, their family or the Grelliers. When a Schapen cow gives birth to what may be a "Perfect Red Heifer" needed if the temple is ever rebuilt in Jerusalem, the Schapens feel convinced that God is indeed smiling on them. Despite parental cautions, the Grelliers' teenagers are enraged by the Schapens. All their short lives, they and the Schapens have fought. One particularly angry confrontation causes Chip Grelier to be expelled from schoool and consequently to join the army. Chip's death in Iraq is the catalyzing event for momentous changes in the lives of not only both the Schapens and the Grelliers but of all the families in the valley. The powerful, climactic scene at Gina Harrig's Samhain bonfire will forever haunt the reader."@en
"Sara Paretsky's new standalone novel is a searing portrait of the lives of ordinary Americans today."@en

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