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Sleep towards heaven takes place in texas and examines the morality and farreaching implications of the death penalty in a moving, yet relatively unbiased, manner. Debra magpie earling, author of perma red sleep toward heaven is a riveting read, a pageturner from the getgo. Brutal, beautiful, wise amanda eyre ward has written a storm of a novel. Unfortunately, because sleep toward heaven came in the midst of a thanksgiving reading marathon of sorts, it probably didnt get the attention it deserved at the time and it wont get the attention it deserves here. Amanda eyre wards debut novel is an intimate portrait of three women whose lives collide during a brutal texas summer. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Sleep toward heaven book santa clara county library.

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