Clydeston "Parch" Coleman comes of age during the 1950's in the poverty-stricken mountains of north Georgia. The son of uneducated share-croppers, Parch encounters enormous obstacles in his inherited life of destitution, sickness, depression and hopelessness.With the encouragement of a few significant people, particularly a gifted young high school teacher who inspires him to believe in himself, Parch eventually begins to seek a way to overcome the limitations of his environmentand find a means of escape from his life of poverty and depression.The characters and events depicted herein are products of the author's imagination, yet the types of characters and their feelings are as genuine now as they were then. Journey with the boy through childhood and adolescence ashe encounters a succession of both humorous and tragic situations, testing his mettle to the ultimate.This book is dedicated to the countless caring teachers who make such notable impacts in the lives of their students, yet who so often receive little or no recognition for their untiring efforts. This inspiring narrative beautifully conveysthe concept that, with a little help, disadvantaged does not have to equal defeat.
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