With a Hammer for My Heart: A NovelDK Ink, 1997 - 213 sider Lawanda might have dropped from the sky. Garland, in his garden, is that astounded to see her knocking at the door of the school bus that is his home. The girl's mission on Cade's Hill is just to sell magazines to earn money for college, but when she and Garland meet, it is the sky itself that falls. Many voices bear witness. Fatefully, Lawanda declares her fascination with the book-filled bus-and mind-of the odd old man. Garland boasts of a life blown apart by war and a family seared by the alchemy of booze and guilt. Mamaw, Lawanda' grandmother who saw God in Little Splinter Creek church, praises the teacher Garland was before World War II. Nancy Catherine, his estranged daughter, is still railing at the monster he was when he came back. Other folk are fearful and misguided: the town jailer, who arrests Garland on a minor drunk charge and keeps him locked up under suspicion of a more sinister crime, and Lawanda's father, who can't believe that Garland's growing affection for his daughter could ever be innocent. As heirs of public violence turned private ruin, these voices from Cardin-in the heart of the Appalachians-speak of all that's right and wrong in their world. Together, they tell a story of unforgettable resonance. |
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... Amos , but I was friends with his sister Chloe . She kept store at Redbird when I was a new- married woman . Lord a mercy , Chloe was pretty . Men would come plumb across Pine Mountain just to look at her . Then they'd feel foolish and ...
... Amos , but I was friends with his sister Chloe . She kept store at Redbird when I was a new- married woman . Lord a mercy , Chloe was pretty . Men would come plumb across Pine Mountain just to look at her . Then they'd feel foolish and ...
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... Amos ! Amos Garland ! " He muttered something and sat up . His face hurt to look at it . Crawling out of the army bag , getting to his feet and wrapping it around him , he stood up and stumbled toward the door . Yanking at the lever to ...
... Amos ! Amos Garland ! " He muttered something and sat up . His face hurt to look at it . Crawling out of the army bag , getting to his feet and wrapping it around him , he stood up and stumbled toward the door . Yanking at the lever to ...
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... Amos was sitting at the head of his bed , back against the wall . He barely turned to see who Galt was admitting . " Peace be with you , " I said , settling myself in the one chair . " That'll be the day , " Amos answered . " So how'd ...
... Amos was sitting at the head of his bed , back against the wall . He barely turned to see who Galt was admitting . " Peace be with you , " I said , settling myself in the one chair . " That'll be the day , " Amos answered . " So how'd ...
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