Bøker av Christian Kiefer

"Set in failing small town in central Ohio, [this novel] asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community. [It focuses] on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the town's largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the town's understanding of itself"--]cProvided by publisher.

Kirkus Reviews * Best Historical Fiction of 2019 The Millions * "Most Anticipated" Books of 2019 Torn apart by war and bigotry, two families confront long-buried secrets in this haunting American novel of World War II and Vietnam.

Alternating between the past and the present, The Animals builds powerfully towards the revelation of a character-defining betrayal.