01646cam a2200337 4500 43642203 TxAuBib 20040902120000.0 151222s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400042012 1400042011 TxAuBib Spragg, Mark. An unfinished life / Mark Spragg. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2004. 257 p ; 24 cm. In an extraordinary tale of love and forgiveness, Mark Spragg brings us this novel of a complex, prodigal homecoming. After escaping the last of a long string of abusive boyfriends, Jean Gilkyson and her ten-year-old daughter Griff have nowhere left to go. Nowhere except Ishawooa, Wyoming, where Jean's estranged father-in-law, Einar, still blames her for the death of his son. Though Einar isn’t glad to see either of them, Griff falls in love with his sprawling ranch and quiet way of life, as she slowly gets to know his crippled old friend Mitch, the cats that lurk in the barn at milking time, and finally the grandfather she had lost for so many years. Korean War, 1950-1953 Veterans Fiction. Male friendship Fiction. Pregnant women Fiction. Single mothers Fiction. Bear attacks Fiction. Ranch life Fiction. Older men Fiction. Widows Fiction. Wyoming Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Contemporary.