Larry Watson

• 1980
• / Suspense
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A powerful voice in contemporary American fiction, Larry Watson is the award-winning author of Montana 1948, hailed as "a work of art" (San Francisco Chronicle), and White Crosses, praised as "one of the most irresistible novels of the year" (The Glo...

• Apr-1995
• / General Fiction
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The tragic tale of a Montana family ripped apart by scandal and murder: “a significant and elegant addition to the fiction of the American West” (Washington Post).   In the summer of 1948, twelve-year-old David Hayden witnessed and experienc...

• Jun-1997
• / Suspense
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Larry Watson's previous fiction evoking contemporary Western small-town life has won him awards, a dedicated readership, and unqualified critical praise. Now he has written a novel that envelops the rich emotional terrain of his beloved Montana in a ...

• Jun-2000
• / General Fiction
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In a captivating departure, Larry Watson, "a writer whose work is worthy of prizes" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), unveils a portrait of faith, obsession, and enduring love -- and a work of greater tenderness than anything he has yet written. <...

• Aug-2003
• / General Fiction
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From the bestselling author of Montana 1948 comes the explosive story of an artist, his muse, and the staggering price they pay for their chance at immortality. Sonja Skordahl, a Norwegian immigrant, came to America looking for a new life. Instead, s...

• Sep-2007
• / General Fiction
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On an icy day in January 1961, in Bismarck, North Dakota, a sixteen-year-old boy walks home from high school with his best friend, Gene. The sudden sound of sirens startles and excites them, but they don't have long to wonder what the sound could mea...

• Sep-2011
• / Historical
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The author of Montana 1948 explores the early years of a powerful Western family in these “beautifully written” linked stories (USA Today).Larry Watson’s bestselling novel Montana 1948 was acclaimed as a “work of art,” a prize-winning evoca...

• Oct-2011
• / Literary
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The author of the acclaimed Montana 1948 “spins charm and melancholy” in this novel of youth and romantic rivalry in 1960s rural Minnesota (Denver Post).  Willow Falls, Minnesota, 1962. The shooting of a young woman on Thanksgiving Day sets ...

• Sep-2013
• / Thriller
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A retired sheriff and his wife go after their young grandson in “a fast-paced story of marital love, family violence and small-town justice” (Pioneer Press).It’s been years since George and Margaret Blackledge lost their son James, and months s...

• Jun-2016
• / Psychological Suspense
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Calvin Sidey is always ready to run, and it doesn’t take much to set him in motion. As a young man, he ran from this block, from Gladstone, from Montana, from this country. From his family and the family business. He ran from sadness, and he ran fr...

• Jul-2020
• / General Fiction
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From acclaimed novelist Larry Watson, a multigenerational story of the West told through the history of one woman trying to navigate life on her own terms. Edie -- smart, self-assured, beautiful -- always worked hard. She worked as a teller at a ...