Plainsong

A teacher his wife withdrawn first to the bedroom then altogether contemplates raising their two boys alone...A pregnant high school student the father of he... » 

A teacher his wife withdrawn first to the bedroom then altogether contemplates raising their two boys alone...A pregnant high school student the father of her child having disappeared is cast out by her own mother...Two brothers lifelong bachelors farm the family homestead the only world theyve ever known...Joined by the various characterssome pleasing others not who make up the rural heart of the country these people are brought to life with their confusion curiosity dignity and humor intact and resonant. «