The Brothers K — David James Duncan

Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the contemporary classic The River Why, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story both striking in its originality and poignant in its universality.

This touching, uplifting novel spans decades of loyalty, anger, regret, and love in the lives of the Chance family. A father whose dreams of glory on a baseball field are shattered by a mill accident. A mother who clings obsessively to religion as a ward against the darkest hour of her past. Four brothers who come of age during the seismic upheavals of the sixties and who each choose their own way to deal with what the world has become. At turns uproariously funny and deeply moving, and beautifully written throughout, The Brothers K is one of the finest chronicles of our lives in many years.