description: What happens when ordinary lives are shattered by extraordinary circumstances?The Land family enjoy and idyllic existence until the oldest son, Davy, is arrested for a double manslaughter. But when Davy breaks out of jail and flees into the bleak Dakota Badlands, his father Jeremiah must gather his younger children and pursue the outlaw into the wilderness. Their epic journey leads them all to a place from which there is no a place that will test them almost beyond endurance and stretch the ties that bind them to their absolute limit...
language: English
title: Peace Like a River
titlecomplete: Peace Like a River
characters: Rube Land, Swede Land, Davy Land, Jeremiah Land
genres: Coming Of Age, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Adult, Family, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 88945
places: The United States of America, North Dakota
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Fiction - General, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Books on Tape