"Bottomland" (294 pages ; 21 cm). Published by Black Cat, New York, 2016. Kit assembled by the Iowa City Public Library. Book Club Kits provide 10 copies of books and discussion information packaged in a convenient canvas bag. Kits check out for six weeks from the Help Desk on the first floor. To find a list of all titles for which kits are available, search by "Book club kits".
Summary:
In the years after World War I the Hess family attempt to rid themselves of the anti-German sentiment that left a stain on their name. But when the youngest two daughters vanish in the middle of the night, the family must piece together what happened while struggling to maintain their life on the unforgiving Iowa plains.
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