The Night Remembers [Hardcover]

Kathleen Eagle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

Three very different people--Angela Prescott, fleeing a painful past; Tommy T., a biracial homeless child; and Jesse Brown Wolf, a Native American repairman--come together on the streets of Minneapolis as they individually and together struggle to rebuild their lives. 40,000 first printing."

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A newspaper article inspired this compelling story of lost hope and found love. The story featured a homeless man found living in an underground urban hideout. Kathleen Eagle artfully weaves this setting, Native American myth, and comic book archetypes into a sad tale of three lonely and frightened people who have much to lose by exposing themselves to the world. Angela Prescott is running from her former abusive lover; Tommy T is a child abandoned to the streets by his alcoholic mother; and Jesse Brown Wolf is a street-smart loner by day, a vigilante by night. The three find that despite life's harsh realities, there is still much beauty to discover in love.

From Library Journal

Jesse Brown Wolf, a mysterious handyman, lives underground to escape his disabling migraines and his equally disturbing past. Angela Prescott has fled her classroom and her home to hide from her abusive, powerful ex-lover. Drawn together by Tommy T, a precocious, homeless 12-year-old, Jesse and Angela find unexpected depths of heroism and love within themselves as they form an unlikely alliance to take a stand against crime on the mean streets of Minneapolis. Traditional Native American folklore and imagery counterbalance the harsh descriptions of survival in the inner city. Eagle, whose Sunrise Song (Avon, 1996) is a nominee for the this year's Janet Dailey Award, lives in the suburbs of Minneapolis.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 355 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (T); 1st edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380975211
• ISBN-13: 978-0380975211
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,637,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Visit www.kathleeneagle.com for her latest news and http://ridingwiththetopdown.wordpress.com/ to blog with Kathleen and 8 fellow writers.

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Kathleen Eagle published her first book, a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award winner, with Silhouette Books in 1984. Since then she has published more than 40 books, including historical and contemporary, series and single title, earning her nearly every award in the industry. Her books have consistently appeared on regional and national bestseller lists, including the USA Today list and the New York Times extended bestseller list.

Born in Virginia and raised "on the road" as an Air Force brat, Ms Eagle earned degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Northern State University. She taught at Standing Rock High School in North Dakota for 17 years.

Eagle's work is often singled out by book reviewers for its exceptional quality and appeal. THE NIGHT REMEMBERS was a Chicago Tribune Notable Book. SUNRISE SONG, THE NIGHT REMEMBERS, THE LAST TRUE COWBOY, and WHAT THE HEART KNOWS made the Library Journal "Five Best Romances of the Year" list. BookPage listed WHAT THE HEART KNOWS among its "Top Six Romance Picks" for 1999. THE LAST GOOD MAN was a finalist for the 2000 Minnesota Book Award for Popular Fiction--the only Romance so honored thus far. YOU NEVER CAN TELL was named to RWA's "Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year" list. She is an RWA RITA award winner.

Kathleen Eagle lives in Minnesota with her husband, who is Lakota Sioux. The Eagles have three children and three grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unusual story that captures a reader's heart., October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Night Remembers (Mass Market Paperback)

Kathleen Eagle has crafted an unusual story of tragedy and the healing power of love. I absolutely got swept away by the story that evolves around Jesse Brown Wolf and Angela Prescott. The tragedies that brought them together caught at my heart.

The only thing I would have liked to seen done differently was the way Angela and her former lover's final scene was handled. This scene was the only one that didn't add up to the level of intensity that it deserved. Everything else was excellent.

I'm anxious to read more of Kathleen's work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding and Lyrical, August 7, 2003

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S. Stroshane (Brighton, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Remembers (Mass Market Paperback)

This Kathleen Eagle romance captivated me from page one and didn't let me go until the last page. Angela is on the run from a bad relationship, starting a new life in the city. A charming street urchin, Tommy T, becomes her protector and guide. After Angela is beaten by thugs, a mysterious man with extraordinary eyes shelters her and watches over her. Who is this night visitor, whom she calls Jewel Eyes? By day she befriends Jesse Brown Wolf, a handsome Lakota carpenter with secrets of his own. And then there's Dark Dog, a superhero who single-handedly disarms streetkids and rescues Tommy T from danger. Could they all be the same man? "The Night Remembers" is a complex web of intrigue, drug deals, and satisfying, passionate romance.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Uplifting Story, January 3, 2008

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Jane (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Remembers (Mass Market Paperback)

This a not a romance novel although there is a small amount of physical intimacy. It's more about loving others - mother, son, friends, community. It is a story of troubled people healing and growing stronger through loving and helping others. It is set in a drug and gang infested inner city, but it's not depressing. It's an uplifting story. Genre: contemporary women's fiction.