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NEWS OF THE WORLD

Paulette Jiles

Set during the wake of the Civil War, this is the gripping new novel by New York Times bestselling author "Enemy Women".
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence.

In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna’s parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows.

Their 400-mile journey South through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act “civilized.” Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land.

Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember—strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become—in the eyes of the law—a kidnapper himself.

Paulette Jiles is a poet, memoirist, and bestselling novelist. Her books include Cousins, a memoir; and the novels Enemy Women; Stormy Weather; The Color of Lightning; and Lighthouse Island. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas.
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Published 2016-03-29 by Morrow

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Published 2016-03-29 by Morrow

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Universal Pictures is selling international distribution rights to the upcoming Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass film "News of the World" to Netflix. Universal still plans to release the western drama in U.S. theaters on Christmas Day. It's unclear when the film will be available on Netflix in international territories, but it will likely be in 2021. Read more...