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Dreams Like Thunder
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'Dreams Like Thunder' is a 1992 novel written by Oregon author Diane Simmons. It won the Oregon Book Award for fiction in 1993.[http://www.literary-arts.org/what-we-do/oba-home/book-awards/fiction/ Oregon Book Award] Its story takes place over a few days in summer 1959, on a farm in Eastern Oregon, and concerns a family visit by relatives who have been living in Japan. The protagonist is confronted with information about her grandfather, one of the valley's first settlers, massacring local Native Americans. A review in the 'Oregon Historical Quarterly' described the grandmother as "the most vivid, complex, and vital character."
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Category:Novels set in Oregon
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