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Returning to his quiet German village home after World War I, trained killer Fidelis Waldvogel, accompanied by his wife, leaves to start a new life in America and finds his life irrevocably changed by a new relationship.
"What happens when a trained killer discovers, in the aftermath of war, that his true vocation is love? Having survived the killing fields of World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns home to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend who was killed in action.".
"With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's precious set of knives, Fidelis sets out for America, getting as far as Argus, North Dakota, where he settles. Over the years he works hard, building a business, a home for his family - which now includes Eva and four sons - and a singing club consisting of the best voices in town.
The group embraces everyone, from the local banker to the town drunk, the sheriff, the other butcher in Argus, and an elusive drifter, part Ojibwe, part French, whose balancing act is a wonder to behold.".
"What happens when the Old World meets the New - in the person of Delphine Watzka, a daughter of Argus whose origins are a mystery even to her - turns out to be one of the great adventures of Fidelis's life. Delphine meets Eva and is enchanted; she meets Fidelis, and the ground trembles. These momentous encounters will determine the course of Delphine's life, and the trajectory of this novel by Louise Erdrich."--BOOK JACKET.
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Butchers, World War, 1914-1918, German Americans, Immigrants, Fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Singers, Married people, Veterans, Love stories, Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction., Germans, African Americans, Poetry, Fiction, romance, historical, general, North dakota, fiction, Married people, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, historical, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Butchers (Persons), World War, Domestic fictionPlaces
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The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novel
February 3, 2004, Harper Perennial
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The Master Butchers Singing Club
2003, HarperCollinsPublishers
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The Master Butchers Singing Club
2003, HarperLargePrint
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The Master Butchers Singing Club: a novel
2002, HarperCollins Publishers
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What happens when a trained killer discovers, in the aftermath of war, that his true vocation is love? From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Love Medicine comes an enchanting, richly imagined world "where butchers sing like angels."
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