01410cam a2200325 i 4500 771876750 TxAuBib 20220810120000.0 220716s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022022956 9781416571261 HRD 28.00 1416571264 HRD 28.00 NjBwBT eng NjBwBT rda GCmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Wiggins, Marianne, author. Properties of thirst [Book] : a novel / Marianne Wiggins. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. 528 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Set against the background of World War II, this novel about the meaning of family and the limitations of the American dream follows rancher Rocky Rhodes as he is faced with a threat greater than the LA Water Corporation he's battled for years--the building of a Japanese-American internment camp next to his ranch. 20220824. World War, 1939-1945 United States Fiction. Ranchers Fiction. Ranches California Fiction. Internment camps California Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels.