The Lost Saints of Tennessee
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With enormous heart and dazzling agility, Amy Franklin-Willis expertly mines the fault lines in one Southern working-class family. Driven by the soulful voices of forty-two-year-old Ezekiel Cooper and his mother, Lillian, The Lost Saints of Tennessee journeys from the 1940s to 1980s as it follows Zeke's evolution from anointed son, to honorable sibling, to unhinged middle-aged man. After Zeke loses his twin brother in a mysterious drowning and his wife to divorce, only ghosts remain in his hometown of Clayton, Tennessee. Zeke makes the decision to leave town in a final attempt to escape his pain, throwing his two treasured possessions--a copy of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and his dead brother's ancient dog--into his truck, and heads east. He leaves behind two young daughters and his estranged mother, who reveals her own conflicting view of the Cooper family story in a vulnerable but spirited voice stricken by guilt over old sins and clinging to the hope that her family isn't beyond repair. When Zeke finds refuge with cousins in Virginia horse country, divine acts in the form of severe weather, illness, and a new romance collide, leading Zeke to a crossroads where he must decide the fate of his family.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0802120059
ISBN13:9780802120052
Release Date:February 2012
Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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A great story
Published by Christine , 2 years ago
Loved this book from the moment I opened it until the end. Just a wonderful story that had me crying a few times throughout. I couldn't wait to see something else this author had written but this is the one and only I'm afraid.
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