Lick Creek
by:
Brad Kessler (author)
Set in the remote mining country of West Virginia in the late twenties, Lick Creek is the compelling story of a fiery young woman, Emily Jenkins, and what happens when progress -- and tragedy -- comes to her family's farm. Brad Kessler has a generous and keen eye for natural landscape and its...
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Set in the remote mining country of West Virginia in the late twenties, Lick Creek is the compelling story of a fiery young woman, Emily Jenkins, and what happens when progress -- and tragedy -- comes to her family's farm. Brad Kessler has a generous and keen eye for natural landscape and its power in human life. In his profound, dramatic first novel, he explores the comp
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Pages no: 297
Edition language: English
I really got a charge out of this one. :D :D :DI love the way Brad Kessler writes. There's such a quiet knowingness in his words, even when he's writing about traumatic events. I also love the way he weaves little bits of arcana and esoterica into his narratives without appearing to be trying too ...