The Resource A land more kind than home, Wiley Cash
A land more kind than home, Wiley Cash
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- Summary
- A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town. For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to-an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that a new understanding can bring not only a growing danger and evil-but also the possibility of freedom and deliverance as well. Told by three resonant and evocative characters-Jess; Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience; and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful past- A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062088147
- Label
- A land more kind than home
- Title
- A land more kind than home
- Statement of responsibility
- Wiley Cash
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town. For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to-an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that a new understanding can bring not only a growing danger and evil-but also the possibility of freedom and deliverance as well. Told by three resonant and evocative characters-Jess; Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience; and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful past- A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel
- Award
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- New Blood Dagger Award, 2012.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10105698
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cash, Wiley
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3603.A86525
- LC item number
- L36 2011
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
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- Brothers
- North Carolina
- Fundamentalists
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A land more kind than home, Wiley Cash
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062088147
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011022819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- 730906282
- (OCoLC)730906282
- Label
- A land more kind than home, Wiley Cash
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062088147
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011022819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 730906282
- (OCoLC)730906282
Subject
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- trueBoys with autism
- trueBrothers
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueChristianity
- trueClergy
- trueEcstasy (Christianity)
- trueFormer convicts
- Fundamentalists -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueNorth Carolina
- North Carolina -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
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- trueDagger Awards: CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
- trueFor Fans of Ozark
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2012
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