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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOOK 'PEACE LIKE A RIVER' BY LEIF ENGER?a?
The novel opens with Reuben's birth, which nearly turned into his death as his lungs "refused to kick in" for the first 12 minutes. While the doctor sadly shakes his head, Jeremiah grabs the clay-colored infant and commands it to live: "Reuben Land, in the name of the living God I am telling you to breathe." Like his namesake, Jeremiah Land is larger-than-life and fills the entire "land" of the novel with his Old Testament presence.
By the same token, Enger fills the nooks and crannies of every paragraph with Biblical language without an ounce of condescension. Faith and miracles crowd each page, dancing like the proverbial angels on a head of a pin. Characters literally walk on air, a pot of soup replenishes itself in loaves-and-fishes fashion, bodies are healed, and, without spoiling too much, I can tell you that there's a vision of heaven so achingly beautiful that I'm ready to buy a ticket today
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