Description
Set in 1985 in a dusty Texas town, this coming-of-age story begins with a suspicious fire that destroys Greenwood’s cotton crop and throws the community’s future into doubt. As a young narrator—still close to the shock of what he’s witnessed—tries to make sense of fear, loyalty, and survival, the investigation and the town’s secrets pull him toward a reckoning with what it means to stand up for yourself. Blending the immediacy of childhood memory with the grit of rural life, the novel explores themes of inheritance, moral courage, and the way trauma can haunt a place long after the flames are gone. With Stephen Graham Jones’ distinctive, lyrical intensity, the book turns a local disaster into a larger meditation on identity, resilience, and the strange, hard-won act of walking forward.
Available Editions
audiobook
Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
Published Sep 1, 2012
1 pages
ISBN: 9781664411272
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First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Growing up Dead in Texas by Stephen Graham Jones.