Power & Light - by Will Weaver (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Weaver's long-awaited adult novel returns to the themes of Red Earth, White Earth and Sweet Land. In 1906, an emigrant family from Norway arrives in North Dakota with dreams of owning land and "moving up in the world." Tragedy plus a crime against them by a powerful man threatens to destroy the family. An unlikely hero steps up. Jenny Haugen, seventeen, leads her siblings on a generational march toward agency, justice, and power. Power & Light, the first of a two-book saga, mirrors the hard-won success of America itself and shows Weaver at the height of his powers.

Review Quotes

"Graceful writing that views America's heartland with a candid but charitable eye."

-The New York Times

"Weaver writes with both lyrical excitement and gritty power."

-San Francisco Chronicle

"Meticulously rendered writing with warmth, humor, and compassion."

-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Leaves the reader reeling."

-The Denver Post

"Weaver is a backwoods pitcher with a 98-mph fastball."

-Los Angeles Times (front page)

"Excellent... loving, familiar descriptions with genuine breakthroughs between characters."

-The Washington Post

"Compares with the best of Wendell Berry."

-Chicago Tribune