Description
In the shadowed hills of Appalachia, a widow at the end of a dead-end road tries to rebuild her life after the loss of her husband—only to find that grief is not the only thing waiting for her. When she remarries a younger man who doesn’t belong to the community, her choice ignites gossip, resentment, and a simmering sense of threat beneath the region’s eerie beauty. As love and loneliness collide, the story turns toward arson and the dangerous power of judgment, revealing how quickly passion can curdle into violence. With Ron Rash’s signature lyrical intensity and stark realism, this novel explores the costs of isolation, the cruelty of small-town conformity, and the fragile line between what people feel and what they’re willing to do.
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paperback
Canongate
Published Jan 1, 2011
205 pages
ISBN: 9780857861153
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
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