description: With the mysterious death of Elizabeth Brownstone in 1948 her children are scattered in three directions within a small Indiana town. Hurricane is raised by school teachers, Indy by the minister and his wife, and Enola Gay by a brutal farm family. Thus, in this first novel, James D. Boswell sets in motion a story that unfolds over five decades with unforgettable characters living in different nuturing systems but tied by birth. As the oldest, Hurricane works to maintain the original sibling connections amid disparate family influences. Enola Gay is traumatized by abuse. Through her trust of Hurricane she manages college and a professional career, but with a ruthless approach that keeps her personal life in turmoil. Indy struggles to find his way as a 'good' person without having to be only what others want him to be. As husband, father, provider, he is unable to see his downward spiral clearly without Hurricane forcing him to inspect his religious base. Hurricane's struggle is with death--the death of his mother, his wife, a student, the killing potential of nuclear submarines, and his own illness. His strength is a profound sense that one can have a determining say about one's response to life, if not to life's events themselves. He seems to have inherited this positive intent from Elizabeth Brownstone and found further support for it in his broad and inquiring education. Hurricane, Indy, and Enola Gay are contemporary Americans. They experience corporate downsizing, marital stresses, loves won and lost, death, dying, sexual abuse, military service, divorce and the family politics of numerous Thanksgiving gatherings--perhaps our most American event.
title: The Sower's Seeds
titlecomplete: The Sower's Seeds
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