Kind of kin, a novel, Rilla Askew
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Kind of kin, a novel, Rilla Askew
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Kind of kin
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Rilla Askew
Sub title
a novel
Summary
In Kind of Kin by award-winning author Rilla Askew, when a church-going, community-loved, family man is caught hiding a barn-full of illegal immigrant workers, he is arrested and sent to prison. This shocking development sends ripples through the town-dividing neighbors, causing riffs amongst his family, and spurring controversy across the state. Using new laws in Oklahoma and Alabama as inspiration, Kind of Kin is a story of self-serving lawmakers and complicated lawbreakers, Christian principle and political scapegoating. Rilla Askew's funny and poignant novel explores what happens when upstanding people are pushed too far-and how an ad-hoc family, and ultimately, an entire town, will unite to protect its own
Target audience
adult
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