Author: Jake Hinkson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643132989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Richard Weatherford is a successful small-town preacher in the Arkansas Ozarks. He’s a proud husband and father of five, and has worked hard to grow his loyal flock with strong sermons and smart community outreach. But while Weatherford is a man of influence and power—including a big force in local politics—he’s also a man with secrets.In the lead up to the 2016 presidential election, Weatherford’s world is threatened when he’s blackmailed by a former lover. Collecting the money the blackmailer demands will be a nearly impossible feat, especially over Easter weekend, when all eyes are on him. So Weatherford will have to turn to the darkest corners of their small town in a desperate attempt to keep his world from falling apart.Exploring a divided country and a cracked façade through the alternating perspectives of Weatherford, his wife, his lover, and other town residents, Dry County is a powerful story about how far some will go to keep hold of all they know—and all that others think them to be.
Dry County
Author: Jake Hinkson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643132989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Richard Weatherford is a successful small-town preacher in the Arkansas Ozarks. He’s a proud husband and father of five, and has worked hard to grow his loyal flock with strong sermons and smart community outreach. But while Weatherford is a man of influence and power—including a big force in local politics—he’s also a man with secrets.In the lead up to the 2016 presidential election, Weatherford’s world is threatened when he’s blackmailed by a former lover. Collecting the money the blackmailer demands will be a nearly impossible feat, especially over Easter weekend, when all eyes are on him. So Weatherford will have to turn to the darkest corners of their small town in a desperate attempt to keep his world from falling apart.Exploring a divided country and a cracked façade through the alternating perspectives of Weatherford, his wife, his lover, and other town residents, Dry County is a powerful story about how far some will go to keep hold of all they know—and all that others think them to be.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643132989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Richard Weatherford is a successful small-town preacher in the Arkansas Ozarks. He’s a proud husband and father of five, and has worked hard to grow his loyal flock with strong sermons and smart community outreach. But while Weatherford is a man of influence and power—including a big force in local politics—he’s also a man with secrets.In the lead up to the 2016 presidential election, Weatherford’s world is threatened when he’s blackmailed by a former lover. Collecting the money the blackmailer demands will be a nearly impossible feat, especially over Easter weekend, when all eyes are on him. So Weatherford will have to turn to the darkest corners of their small town in a desperate attempt to keep his world from falling apart.Exploring a divided country and a cracked façade through the alternating perspectives of Weatherford, his wife, his lover, and other town residents, Dry County is a powerful story about how far some will go to keep hold of all they know—and all that others think them to be.
The Dry Grass of August
Author: Anna Jean Mayhew
Publisher: Kensington
ISBN: 1496722264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation, what it will mean for a young girl on her way to adulthood—and for the woman who means the world to her . . . On a scorching day in August 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family’s black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there—cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father’s rages and her mother’s benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally. Bright and curious, Jubie takes note of the anti-integration signs they pass, and of the racial tension that builds as they journey further south. But she could never have predicted the shocking turn their trip will take. Now, in the wake of tragedy, Jubie must confront her parents’ failings and limitations, decide where her own convictions lie, and make the tumultuous leap to independence . . . Infused with the intensity of a changing time, here is a story of hope, heartbreak, and the love and courage that can transform us—from child to adult, from wounded to indomitable. “Mayhew keeps the story taut, thoughtful and complex, elevating it from the throng of coming-of-age books.” —Publishers Weekly “Beautifully written, with complex characters, an urgent plot, and an ending so shocking and real it had me in tears.” —Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters “A must-read for fans of The Help.” —Woman’s World
Publisher: Kensington
ISBN: 1496722264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation, what it will mean for a young girl on her way to adulthood—and for the woman who means the world to her . . . On a scorching day in August 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family’s black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there—cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father’s rages and her mother’s benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally. Bright and curious, Jubie takes note of the anti-integration signs they pass, and of the racial tension that builds as they journey further south. But she could never have predicted the shocking turn their trip will take. Now, in the wake of tragedy, Jubie must confront her parents’ failings and limitations, decide where her own convictions lie, and make the tumultuous leap to independence . . . Infused with the intensity of a changing time, here is a story of hope, heartbreak, and the love and courage that can transform us—from child to adult, from wounded to indomitable. “Mayhew keeps the story taut, thoughtful and complex, elevating it from the throng of coming-of-age books.” —Publishers Weekly “Beautifully written, with complex characters, an urgent plot, and an ending so shocking and real it had me in tears.” —Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters “A must-read for fans of The Help.” —Woman’s World
Dry County
Author: Rich Tommaso
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781534308305
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Lou Rossi--a Generation X slacker--out of step with the rave culture of Miami, 1990. Freelance newspaper artist, aspiring author, 21-year-old virgin, and...amateur detective. What begins as a fairly hum-drum narrative, slowly builds into an exciting story of a young man hell-bent on tracking down the woman who he's recently, and quite quickly, fallen in love with--the young and beautiful Janet Laughton, a Texan-born gal new to the wilds of Florida. Where could she be? Did someone kidnap her? If so, was it her recent ex-boyfriend, Earl Beacon? Or her previous ex-boyfriend, Cliff Terhune? Does she love Lou as he loves her? Or is he only stalking Janet just as her two previous boyfriends once had? Find out in the newest series by SHE WOLF & SPY SEAL author, Rich Tommaso. Collects DRY COUNTY #1-5
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781534308305
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Lou Rossi--a Generation X slacker--out of step with the rave culture of Miami, 1990. Freelance newspaper artist, aspiring author, 21-year-old virgin, and...amateur detective. What begins as a fairly hum-drum narrative, slowly builds into an exciting story of a young man hell-bent on tracking down the woman who he's recently, and quite quickly, fallen in love with--the young and beautiful Janet Laughton, a Texan-born gal new to the wilds of Florida. Where could she be? Did someone kidnap her? If so, was it her recent ex-boyfriend, Earl Beacon? Or her previous ex-boyfriend, Cliff Terhune? Does she love Lou as he loves her? Or is he only stalking Janet just as her two previous boyfriends once had? Find out in the newest series by SHE WOLF & SPY SEAL author, Rich Tommaso. Collects DRY COUNTY #1-5
Country Dark
Author: Chris Offutt
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802146163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
“A smart, rich country noir” from the acclaimed author Kentucky Straight and The Good Brother (Stewart O’Nan, bestselling author of Henry, Himself). Chris Offutt is an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called “lean and brilliant” (The New York Times Book Review) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver. He’s been awarded the Whiting Writers Award for Fiction/Nonfiction and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, among numerous other honors. His first work of fiction in nearly two decades, Country Dark is a taut, compelling novel set in rural Kentucky from the Korean War to 1970. Tucker, a young veteran, returns from war to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers don’t have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything. The story of people living off the land and by their wits in a backwoods Kentucky world of shine-runners and laborers whose social codes are every bit as nuanced as the British aristocracy, Country Dark is a novel that blends the best of Larry Brown and James M. Cain, with a noose tightening evermore around a man who just wants to protect those he loves. It reintroduces the vital and absolutely distinct voice of Chris Offutt, a voice we’ve been missing for years. “[A] fine homage to a pocket of the country that’s as beautiful as it is prone to tragedy.”—The Wall Street Journal “A pleasure all around.”—Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter’s Bone
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802146163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
“A smart, rich country noir” from the acclaimed author Kentucky Straight and The Good Brother (Stewart O’Nan, bestselling author of Henry, Himself). Chris Offutt is an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called “lean and brilliant” (The New York Times Book Review) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver. He’s been awarded the Whiting Writers Award for Fiction/Nonfiction and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, among numerous other honors. His first work of fiction in nearly two decades, Country Dark is a taut, compelling novel set in rural Kentucky from the Korean War to 1970. Tucker, a young veteran, returns from war to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers don’t have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything. The story of people living off the land and by their wits in a backwoods Kentucky world of shine-runners and laborers whose social codes are every bit as nuanced as the British aristocracy, Country Dark is a novel that blends the best of Larry Brown and James M. Cain, with a noose tightening evermore around a man who just wants to protect those he loves. It reintroduces the vital and absolutely distinct voice of Chris Offutt, a voice we’ve been missing for years. “[A] fine homage to a pocket of the country that’s as beautiful as it is prone to tragedy.”—The Wall Street Journal “A pleasure all around.”—Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter’s Bone
Love in a Dry Season
Author: Shelby Foote
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307779254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Shelby Foote's magnificently orchestrated novel anticipates much of the subject matter of his monumental Civil War trilogy, rendering the clash between North and South with a violence all the more shocking for its intimacy. Love in a Dry Season describes an erotic and economic triangle, in which two wealthy and fantastically unhappy Mississippi families—the Barcrofts and the Carrutherses—are joined by an open-faced fortune hunter from the North, a man whose ruthlessness is matched only by his inability to understand the people he tries to exploit and his fatal incomprehension of the passions he so casually ignites. Combining a flawless sense of place with a Faulknerian command of the grotesque, Foote's novel turns a small cotton town into a sexual battleground as fatal as Vicksburg or Shiloh—and one where strategy is no match for instinct and tradition.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307779254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Shelby Foote's magnificently orchestrated novel anticipates much of the subject matter of his monumental Civil War trilogy, rendering the clash between North and South with a violence all the more shocking for its intimacy. Love in a Dry Season describes an erotic and economic triangle, in which two wealthy and fantastically unhappy Mississippi families—the Barcrofts and the Carrutherses—are joined by an open-faced fortune hunter from the North, a man whose ruthlessness is matched only by his inability to understand the people he tries to exploit and his fatal incomprehension of the passions he so casually ignites. Combining a flawless sense of place with a Faulknerian command of the grotesque, Foote's novel turns a small cotton town into a sexual battleground as fatal as Vicksburg or Shiloh—and one where strategy is no match for instinct and tradition.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1622
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 1622
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Investigation of Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters: The inquiry into whether improper conduct occurred with respect to the operation, investments, and activities of Whitewater Development Corporation, Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, Capital Management Services, and related matters
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 1730
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 1730
Book Description
Report of the Commissioner for ...
Author: United States Fish Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Liquor Advertising
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Continued Operation Site-Wide
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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