Crows Over a Wheatfield

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"You might not expect a riveting pLOvei about domestic violence
andj^mily court to be so inclusive, beautifully written— and often straight-out ftmny Sharp's artistry makes this story
as lush in detail as it is grand in scale How the women [characters] use the law—and other means— to protect themselves and their families makes for an elementally powerftil read." Entertainnient Weekly

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This extraordinary bestseller/'set in small-town Wisconsin and spanning thirty years, is the story of Judge Melanie Klonecki, the daughter .of an abusive and brilliant criminal defense lawyer. Returning to the rural landscape of her youth, Melanie befriends
the flamboyant Mildred Steck, a woman who leads an insurrectionist movement and creates an underground railroad for mother^ and childreri whom the courts and child custody laws have failed to protect irom domestic violence. CROWS O^^R A WHLATFIELD is a triumphant fusion of the personal and political—a controversial,... Tovább

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"You might not expect a riveting pLOvei about domestic violence
andj^mily court to be so inclusive, beautifully written— and often straight-out ftmny Sharp's artistry makes this story
as lush in detail as it is grand in scale How the women [characters] use the law—and other means— to protect themselves and their families makes for an elementally powerftil read." Entertainnient Weekly

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This extraordinary bestseller/'set in small-town Wisconsin and spanning thirty years, is the story of Judge Melanie Klonecki, the daughter .of an abusive and brilliant criminal defense lawyer. Returning to the rural landscape of her youth, Melanie befriends
the flamboyant Mildred Steck, a woman who leads an insurrectionist movement and creates an underground railroad for mother^ and childreri whom the courts and child custody laws have failed to protect irom domestic violence. CROWS O^^R A WHLATFIELD is a triumphant fusion of the personal and political—a controversial, suspenseful stoiy written with ri.re beauty and insight.
"As a reader I look foi^ a book to have a compelling stoiy and important message or fine writing. CROWS OVER A WHEATFIELD has all three in the extreme. I, underlined passages that I will read again and again with enormous pleasure." — Elizabeth Berg, author of Talk Before Sleep ~
A Selectioiii of the Book-of-thte-Month Club KNew York Tinted Notable Book of the Year Editor' s Choice, San Francittco Chronicle Vissza