Prudence

By David Treuer

Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, American fiction, Gay men, Accidents, Indian reservations, Amerikanisches Englisch, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, Minnesota, fiction, Death, Families, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Manners and customs, World War, 1939-1945, Children, Indians of North America, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Social life and customs, Summer resorts, Ojibwa Indians, Life change events, Escaped prisoners of war, Family life, Friendship

Description: On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Europe. Awaiting him at the Pines are those he's about to leave behind: his hovering mother; the distant father to whom he's been a disappointment; the Indian caretaker who's been more of a father to him than his own; and Billy, the childhood friend who over the years has become something much more intimate. But before the homecoming can be celebrated, the search for a German soldier, escaped from the POW camp across the river, explodes in a shocking act of violence, with consequences that will reverberate years into the future for all of them and that will shape how each of them makes sense of their lives.