Hack is a fictional story about a young cotton mill village
derelict temporarily employed at a nursing home. It explores
relationships that develop between the protagonist (Hack) and a
group of nursing home patients in the twilight of their lives.
The story begins on a hot August night in 1962 in a small mill
village in Alabama when Hack agrees to haul a load of moonshine for
a local bootlegger and a bizarre adventure unfolds beginning with
his arrest.
After his release from jail and spending several restless nights
on a city park bench, Hack finds temporary employment at a nursing
home.
Hardened by years on the streets and in the back alleys of the
mill village, Hack finds himself unexpectedly moved by the
isolation and loneliness of the patients. When he learns that one
of the patients was deteriorating rapidly because he couldn't keep
food down, Hack takes him to a private corner of the courtyard and
gives him a toke of marijuana. The nursing home staff is astounded
that night when the patient eats everything on his dinner tray,
chats animatedly with everyone, and sleeps through the night
without nausea.
When Hack is asked by one of the nurses to substitute for her as
coordinator of a patients' social which is scheduled for the last
week of his employment, an idea emerges and he enlists the help of
his mill village friends.
When the patients are escorted and wheeled into the dayroom for
the social, they are served tea and brownies made with marijuana
leaves. As the chatter picks up, the program begins and each
patient's life, one by one, is unrolled like a banner of glory.
Traces of marijuana are found in urine tests and Hack is arrested
and sentenced tothree years in prison, and the story concludes with
a poignant jailhouse scene in which the reader is left with the
conviction that Hack's personal story is just beginning...
General
Imprint: |
Trafford Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
May 2015 |
Authors: |
Bill King
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
244 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4251-2010-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Sagas
|
LSN: |
1-4251-2010-5 |
Barcode: |
9781425120108 |
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