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02331aam a22003258i 4500 001 643D0CEA7D3B11EE9BA621765EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231107010036 008 230806s2023 wau 000|f|eng d 020 $a 3110517469 020 $a 9783110517460 (pbk.) 020 $a 1662511086 020 $a 9781662511080 (hbk.) 040 $a StDuBDS $b eng $c StDuBDS $e rda $d StDuBDS $d SILO 082 04 $a 813.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Hawker, Olivia, $e author. 245 10 $a October in the Earth : $b a novel / $c Olivia Hawker. 263 $a 202310 264 1 $a Seattle : $b Lake Union Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a 316 pages 366 $b 20231010 $c Not yet available 520 8 $a In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powerful novel by the bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow and The Ragged Edge of Night.Del Wensley, wife of the most celebrated preacher in Harlan County, tries to mind her place. Until her husband's infidelity pushes an already strained marriage to a breaking point. Clinging to her last hope for self-respect, Del turns her back on the rigid life she's known. A coal train is rolling through the valley. With her eyes wide open to the unfamiliar, and to the freedom she craves, Del takes to the rails.Rumbling across America, Del is soon drawn into a transient community among outcasts-and finds a special friend in Louisa Trout. A nomadic single mother, Louisa teaches Del the ways of the boxcars and promises to help her reach a migrant enclave where Del can learn the skills she'll need to survive. But as they move forward together under desperate circumstances, even the closest of bonds threatens to break.With the Depression taking its toll, Del must gather her strength and faith. As she carries on toward one unknown after another, her life becomes a fulfilling, sometimes dangerous, and exhilarating adventure. But no matter the risks, it's a life that she alone controls. 650 0 $a Historical fiction 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1919-1933 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710064514.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20240622013707.0 952 $l XIPA157 $d 20240111060251.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=643D0CEA7D3B11EE9BA621765EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search