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In this haunting debut, set in a starkly beautiful landscape, hooper delineates the stories of etta and the men she loved otto and russell as they intertwine through youth and wartime and into old age. Moving from the hot and dry present of a quiet canadian farm to a dusty, burnt past of hunger, war, and passion, from trying to remember to trying to forget, etta and otto and russell and james is an astounding literary debut about friendship and love, hope and honor, and the romance of lastgreatadventures. Etta og otto og russel og james bog, indbundet, dansk forfatter. Born and raised in alberta, hooper moved to england in 2004 after completing her b. Etta and otto and russell and james by emma hooper fairytale. Pdf download etta and otto and russell and james free. Etta and otto and russell and james book pima county. Learn more about etta and otto and russell and james in the central arkansas library system digital collection.
I would not have picked this on my own, but it was an arc given to me. Etta and otto and russell and james kindle edition by. Emma hooper embarking on a more than 3,000kilometer walking journey from rural canada to the east coast so that she can see the ocean for the first time in her life, an octogenarian woman has experiences that. Like the gentle undulation of waves, etta and otto and russell and james moves from a past filled with hunger, war, passion, and hope to a present of quiet industry and peaceful communion. Her debut novel etta and otto and russell and james was published in 2015, and was a. Emma does much of this with her beloved string quartet. Download or read etta and otto and russell and james 2000 in pdf, epub formats. Etta and otto and russell and james tulsa citycounty. We have an exclusive extract available for you to read as well as a discussion guide for your reading group. Pdf etta and otto and russell and james a novel download. Etta and otto and russell and james great river regional. Russell, the abandoned boy who lived next door to otto. Emma hooper s transporting and vivid debut, etta and otto and russell and james, follows 83year old etta on a 3,232 kilometers hike from rural saskatchewan, canada eastward to.
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