Moving through time and space, "Out of Peel Tree" unfolds the
patterns of an Appalachian sensibility that reverberate everywhere:
a fatalism balanced by humor and flinty, hard-won hope, an
appreciation for the surprises of the everyday, and a search for
love and home amid strange and familiar places and people.
This innovative debut novel reveals the lives of a far-flung
contemporary Appalachian family through a web of delicate turning
points. A child discovers a grandmother she never knew has died. A
runaway teen faces abandonment by a boyfriend. A man on parole
falls hopelessly in love with a shoplifter. A woman receives a
letter about her husband's other wife. An old woman confronts a
burglar with the help of her ghost-husband.
United by a connection to their matriarch, these characters
search at home and beyond to make a fresh sense of their changing
lives. As a novel in stories, "Out of Peel Tree" brings a new
lyricism to the page and a new voice to American and Appalachian
literature--a voice deeply inflected by the beauty of the natural
world and by working-class grit.
General
Imprint: |
West Virginia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2014 |
First published: |
April 2014 |
Authors: |
Laura Long
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
140 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-940425-00-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-940425-00-X |
Barcode: |
9781940425009 |
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