description: From the unsettled lives of a small-town teacher struggling to raise two boys alone in the face of their mother's retreat from life, a pregnant teenage girl with nowhere to go, and two elderly bachelor farmers emerges a new vision of life and family as their diverse destinies intertwine.
language: English
title: Plainsong
titlecomplete: Plainsong
genres: Fiction, Family, American, Book Club, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 72305
places: Denver, Colorado, Holt, Colorado, Colorado
series: Plainsong
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Demco Media