Prairie Nocturne -- Ivan Doig

<i>Prairie Nocturne</i> is the epic saga of two former lovers sired in the pages of Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana Trilogy. Susan Duff -- the bossy, indomitable schoolgirl with a silver voice from <i>Dancing at the Rascal Fair--</i> has reached middle age alone, teaching voice lessons to the progeny of Helena's high society. Wesley Williamson, young married heir to the Double W cattle empire, has been forced out of a political career as a result of his affair with Susan having become known. Years later, Wes and Susan have reunited to share in an extraordinary goal: launching the singing career of Monty Rathbun--a man on the wrong side of the racial divide. In this triumph of sure-footed storytelling, motives and fates dangerously entangle. <br> Set in Montana, France, Scotland, and New York during the Harlem Renaissance, <i>Prairie Nocturne</i> is a deeply longitudinal novel that raises everlasting questions of allegiance, the grip of the past, and the cost of passion.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ivan Doig<br><b>Publisher:</b> Scribner Book Company<br><b>Published:</b> 05/01/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.68lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.04h x 5.36w x 0.81d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780743201360<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Ingram Advance</i> 05/01/2005 pg. 84