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Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Paretsky taps a different vein and strikes gold in this timely tale of fear and conflict in heartland America. Sara Paretsky, (born June 8, 1947, Ames, Iowa, U.S.), American mystery writer known for her popular series of novels featuring V.I. Meanwhile, Gina stirs prejudices and passions to a fever pitch. 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. ![]() Chip Grellier, after being expelled from high school, enlists in the army and is killed in Iraq with devastating effects on his family. ![]() ), weaves a gripping contemporary novel around three farm families-the Grelliers, Fremantles and Schapens-that can trace their Kaw Valley, Kans., 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. 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. Warshawski detective series (e.g., the Holocaust in Total Recall 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. Bestseller Paretsky, who has tackled weighty issues in her V.I. ![]()
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