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    They Came Like Swallows (Paperback) By (author) William Maxwell

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    Short Description for They Came Like SwallowsThrough the eyes of two boys and their father, William Maxwell reveals the complex woman who is the unacknowledged source of their happiness--and whose death during the influenza epic of 1918 will devastate them all. "They Came Like Swallows" tenderly depicts the currents of love and need that run through every family--and whose true depth becomes evident only in moments of tragedy.
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  • First published in 1937, They Came Like Swallows was William Maxwell's second novel. It tells of an ordinary American family overtaken by the devastating epidemic of the Spanish influenza of 1918. The book begins on the day before the armistice in a small midwestern town, and the events are seen from the perspective, in turn, of eight-year-old Peter Morison - called Bunny; of his older brother, Robert; and of their father. They are witnesses to a domestic tragedy that is written with beauty and a quite magnificent tenderness.