num_pages: 307
description: Hank Leland Kip and Ronny were all born and raised in the same Wisconsin town  Little Wing  and are now coming into their own (or not) as husbands and fathers. One of them never left still farming the family's land that's been tilled for generations. Others did leave went farther afield to make good with varying degrees of success; as a rock star commodities trader rodeo stud. And seamlessly woven into their patchwork is Beth whose presence among themboth then and nowfuels the kind of passion one comes to expect of love songs and rivalries.Now all four are home in hopes of finding what could be real purchase in the world. The result is a shared memory only half-recreated riddled with culture clashes between people who desperately wish to see themselves as the unified tribe they remember but are confronted with how things have in fact changed.There is conflict here between longtime buddies between husbands and wives  told with writing that is frankly gut-wrenching and even heartbreaking. But there is also hope healing and at times even heroism. It is strong American stuff not at all afraid of showing that we can be good too  not just fallible and compromising. Shotgun Lovesongs is a remarkable and uncompromising saga that explores the age-old question of whether or not you can ever truly come home again  and the kind of steely faith and love returning requires.
language: English
title: Shotgun Lovesongs
publisher: Thomas Dunne Books