Dreams Like Thunder is a 1992 novel written by Oregon author Diane Simmons. It won the Oregon Book Award for fiction in 1993.[1] 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."[2]
References
edit- ^ Oregon Book Award
- ^ Barnes, Tim (Summer 1994). "Dreams like Thunder by Diane Simmons; Ricochet River by Robin Cody". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 95 (2). Oregon Historical Society: 226–229. JSTOR 20614583.
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