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In the tradition of his #1 New York Times bestselling novel Midwives, Chris Bohjalian returns with a story of love put to the test by a devastating loss and the redemption that can come from the most unexpected places.
Terry and Laura Sheldon experience an especially tragic version of every parent's nightmare. They lose not one but both of their children, nine-year-old twin girls, when a flash flood thunders through their small Vermont town. Shattered, the two spend a year trying to regain some measure of emotional equilibrium. Physically unable to have more children of their own, they finally decide to take in a foster child, Alfred, a ten-year-old African American boy.
Like life, THE BUFFALO SOLDIER then develops in divergent ways. Terry has a a brief affair with a young woman who becomes pregnant with his child - a child that Terry suddenly realizes he wants desperately. And Alfred, another soul hungry for love, is transformed through a neighbor's friendship and his tales of the Buffalo soldiers, African Americans who served in the cavalry of the American West.
THE BUFFALO SOLDIER is the best kind of Chris Bohjalian novel, a story of a small town and its fundamentally good people trying to overcome the trials of fate and circumstance.
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There are certain plots that possess inherent drama, and the saving of a lost child is one of them. In The Buffalo Soldier, Chris Bohjalian--who showed such flair for drama in the bestselling Oprah's Book ClubŪ pick Midwives--gives us the story of 10-year-old Alfred, an African American foster child who is taken in by Terry and Laura Sheldon, a white couple whose twin daughters have drowned. Another child is also about to come on the scene: Terry has an affair, and the young woman becomes pregnant. Bohjalian takes his sweet time exploring these relationships, but he also writes scenes with the same tautness that made Midwives a page-turner. The result is a novel that's both readable and exhaustively fleshed out. As Alfred settles into the Sheldons' lives, we actually come to believe in the unlikely little family the three of them forge. Bohjalian narrates his story from the perspective of each of his principal characters, a method that can be tiresome, but here is made fresh by the author's clear vision: these people, you feel, are real to him. --Claire Dederer
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“Imbued with hope and the possibility for redemption. . . ” –The Washington Post
“Bohjalian gives us fine-grained detail and beautifully observed domestic psychology.” –The Los Angeles Times
“In The Buffalo Soldier, Bohjalian proves once again that he's a master novelist." –The Boston Globe
“Beautifully wrought. . . . A moving account of personal strength and the joy of belonging.” –San Francisco Chronicle
"If it's captivating literature you're after, The Buffalo Soldier earns a solid A." –Entertainment Weekly
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- PublisherShaye Areheart
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 5551189775
- ISBN 13 9785551189770
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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The Buffalo Soldier - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Shaye Areheart Books, New York, 2002
ISBN 10: 5551189775
ISBN 13: 9785551189770
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition with light discoloration on top of textblock near head. In Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Chris Bohjalian directly on the title page; The Buffalo Soldier is the riveting and powerful story of one man's journey from a small farming town in Kansas to the bloody fields of the Civil War. It is the tale of a brave and determined man, whose indomitable spirit and unyielding determination would lead him to become one of the most celebrated and revered African-American soldiers of the Civil War.Born a slave in 1842, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was determined to break the chains of bondage that held him and millions of others in slavery. After escaping from his master and becoming a skilled hunter, he enlisted in the Union Army in 1864, becoming one of the most celebrated scouts and fighters in the Union Army.The Buffalo Soldier is a story of courage, determination, and heart-wrenching bravery. It is the story of one man's fight for freedom and justice, and his ultimate sacrifice for the cause of freedom.; 8vo; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 16255
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