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On-Line Reviews of Peace Like a River
Connect to the following on-line reviews of Peace Like a River, by both professional critics and average readers.
Print Reviews of Peace Like a River available at the Lincoln City Libraries
- Amazon.com
- BarnesandNoble.com
- Allreaders.com, Kristy Pastore
- Association for Mormon Letters, Cathryn Lane, June 3, 2003
- BookCrossing.com - over 140 copies of Peace Like a River reviewed and "released into the wild"
- Bookhaven.net, Amy Coffin
- BookReporter.com, Rob Cline
- Carroll County [Maryland] Public Library, Delores Schuyler
- Colorado Springs Independent, Michael Salkind, October 25, 2001
- Detroit Free Press, Marta Salij, September 23, 2001
- The Economist, September 2001 [scroll down the page]
- Grove Atlantic Press [various quotes about the book]
- January Magazine, David Abrams, 2001
- Lodi Public Library, Lodi, CA, Nancy Martinez, January 5, 2002
- MeridianMagazine.com, H. Wallace Goddard
- Minnesota Public Radio
- The Monticello Times, Monticello, MN, Laurie Dennis, May 7, 2002
- Nebraska Library Commission, Fran Reinehr
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, John Freeman, October 14, 2001
- Powells.com - various reviews
- Record Searchlight Book Club [various reviews]
- Bella Stander, 2001
- The Stromsburgh Nebraska Book Club
- U-ConnectPGH.org
- Willamette Week On-Line, Susan Wickstrom, October 10, 2001
- Yeshiva University Observer, Miri Ravich
These journals are all available in the basement Periodicals room at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 136 South 14th St.
- Booklist, May 15, 2001 - Review by Brad Hooper
- Bookpage, September 2001
- Christian Science Monitor, September 6, 2001
- The Economist, September 8, 2001
- Entertainment Weekly, September 28, 2001 - Review by Karen Valby
- Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2001
- Library Journal, June 15, 2001 - Review by Marc Kloszewski
- Newsweek, September 3, 2001
- New York Times Book Review, September 9, 2001 - Review by Katherine Dieckmann
- Publishers Weekly, July 16, 2001
- Time, December 24, 2001
- Christianity Today, December 9, 2002 - Review by Cindy Crosby
- Reviews of the Audio Version of the Book
- Publishers Weekly, December 3, 2001
- Kliatt, May 2002 - Review by Pat Dole
- Booklist, November 15, 2002 - Review by Joyce Saricks

Learn more about Minnesota author Leif Enger at the following sites:

Interested in reading some interviews with Leif Enger? The following list of links will take you to several interviews he has participated in, mainly covering his debut novel, Peace Like a River, but also touching on his work as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio.
- Grove Atlantic Publishing page [interview by Mark LaFramboise]
- Holt Uncensored #279 [interview/column by Pat Holt]
- Minnesota Public Radio
- BookPage [interview by Alden Mudge, September 2001]
- Writers & Books interview for Rochester NY's One Book program
- Honolulu Advertiser
- Siouxland.net - February 20, 2003
- BookSense.com - interviewed by Linda Castellitto
- Audio Interviews with Leif Enger
- KUSP FM in Santa Cruz, CA - interview with Eric Schoeck [RealAudio Format]

Want a basic description, or just some general information about the book? You can find it at any of these sites:
- Publisher's information
- Trade paperback [enter book title in search box]
- Audio format from HarperCollins Audio
- Listen to an Audio extract from the book [in RealAudio Format]
- Large Print format from Wheeler Publishing
- Minnesota Public Radio
- If All Rochester [NY] Read the Same Book...
- Christian Science Monitor, September 6, 2001
- Nominee for Impac Dublin Award

Want to read a sample from Peace Like a River first? Visit one of the following sites:

Leading a book group for Peace Like a River but need some good questions to start the discussions going? Try the following sites:
- The Lincoln Journal Star official Resource Guide [coming August 23rd!]
- Grove Atlantic Publishing
- ReadingGroupGuides.com
- Denver, Colorado -- One Book One Denver
- Rochester, New York -- If All of Rochester Read the Same Book...

Back to the main One Book - One Lincoln - 2004 pageBook Clubs or Other Programs
- Pasadena, California [2003 selection]
- Denver, Colorado [2004 selection]
- All Iowa Reads -- Iowa Center for the Book [2003 selection]
- Grand Rapids, Michigan [2003 selection]
- Traverse City, Michigan [2002-03 selection]
- Winona, Minnesota [2003 selection -- no Web site]
- Washoe County, Nevada [2003 selection]
- Rochester, New York [2004 selection]
- Western New York (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties) [2003 selection]
- One Book South Dakota [2003 selection - no information on-line any longer]
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What Other Communities Are Reading
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