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"Two families are linked by their Midwestern pioneer pasts, and the dark family secrets that threaten to tear them apart."@en
"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."
"The town of Lawrence in the Kaw River Valley in Kansas, two families the Grelliers and the Schapens have farmed the land for over one hundred and fifty years. Both families barely tolerate each other because the Schapens who belong to a fundamentalist church believes the Grelliers are godless heathens. Into this atmosphere comes Gina Haring, a Wiccan and a lesbian, who is the catalyst for a series of events that ends in tragedy and death."@en
"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
"The year of her 15th birthday is one that Lara Grellier will never forget. The first Gulf War is raging in the Middle East; her unstable mother has become increasingly erratic in her behavior; the townspeople in Lawrence, Kan., are leery of the two unmarried women who have moved into the area and are rumored to be Wiccans, and Lara's brother has run off to join the Army."
"The year of her 15th birthday is one that Lara Grellier will never forget. The first Gulf War is raging in the Middle East; her unstable mother has become increasingly erratic in her behavior; the townspeople in Lawrence, Kan., are leery of the two unmarried women who have moved into the area and are rumored to be Wiccans, and Lara's brother has run off to join the Army."@en
"Bleeding Kansas is set in the Kaw River Valley (where Sara Paretsky grew up), and is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as emigrants.Today, the Schapen family, terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970s has turned to religion for security. They keep a close eye on their neighbors, especially the Grelliers, and maintain careful track of everyone's misdeeds.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.They worry, too, about who stands better with the Lord - their family or the Grelliers."@en
"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 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. They keep careful track of everyone's misdeeds, and print the most egregious on their family website. 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."@en
"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 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. They keep careful track of everyone's misdeeds, and print the most egregious on their family website. 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."@en
"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
"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 story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two Kansas farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s. The Schapen Family, still terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970s--have turned to that old-time religion for security. They 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. 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. Despite warnings from their parents, the Grelliers' teenage children are enraged by the Schapens. One particularly angry confrontation causes Chip Grellier to be expelled from school and consequently to join the Army. Chip's death in Iraq is the catalyzing event for momentous, even monstrous, challenges in the lives of not only the Schapens and the Grelliers but all the families in the valley."@en
"The Grelliers and the Schapens: two families who have been farming in the Kaw River Valley for over 150 years, their lives connected through the 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. Gina has secrets, her own reasons for being in the Kansas countryside, and they're not necessarily what the people around her imagine. Almost every one of the Grelliers is drawn to her, but it is Susan Grellier, a woman of ephemeral passions, who stirs up the wrath of the Schapen clan by getting involved. The results for her own family will be cataclysmic."@en
"The Grelliers and the Schapens: two families who have been farming in the Kaw River Valley for over 150 years, their lives connected through the 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. Gina has secrets, her own reasons for being in the Kansas countryside, and they're not necessarily what the people around her imagine. Almost every one of the Grelliers is drawn to her, but it is Susan Grellier, a woman of ephemeral passions, who stirs up the wrath of the Schapen clan by getting involved. The results for her own family will be cataclysmic."

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"Suspense fiction"@en
"Domestic fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Talking books"@en
"Books on MP3-CD"@en
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"Audiobooks"@en
"Playaway"
"Mystery fiction"@en
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"Bleeding Kansas, Sara Paretsky"
"Bleeding Kansas"@en
"Bleeding Kansas"
"Bleeding Kansas a novel"@en
"Bleeding Kansas : a novel"
"Bleeding Kansas #15 of the V.I. Warshawski mysteries"@en

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