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A Land More Kind Than Home is a literary thriller packed with stories and characters connected by faith, infidelity, addiction, and a sense of hope that is as tragic as it is unforgettable.
Deep in the heart of western North Carolina lies Marshall, a quiet mountain town where people believe in protecting their own-especially if they harbor secrets. For the town's modest folk, that's the way it's always been-a belief instilled in them for generations. For a curious boy like Jess Hall, it means trouble, especially when his older brother, Christopher, a mute autistic boy everyone calls Stump, can't help sneaking a look at something he isn't supposed to-an act that causes catastrophic repercussions and thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's unprepared.
Confronted with a stunned community, a family in pain, and witnesses who will not talk, Sheriff Clem Barefield turns to church matriarch Adelaide Lyle, whose role as the town's moral center makes her predictions of a violent reckoning to come all but unavoidable. As the lynchpin for this violence, Jess is set adrift in a world in which the truth is hidden from children, even if they know things adults do not. Title Info. Dedication. Excerpt (Thoman Wolfe) Adelaide Lyle. One
Two
Three
Clem Barefield. Four
Five
Six
Jess Hall. Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Clem Barefield. Eleven
Adelaide Lyle. Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Clem Barefield. Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Jess Hall. Nineteen
Twenty
Adelaide Lyle. Twenty One
Clem Barefield. Twenty Two
Jess Hall. Twenty Three
Clem Barefield. Twenty Four
Adelaide Lyle. Twenty Five
"Three narrators deliver the story-one for each of the main characters whose points of view Cash explores. Particularly impressive is Nick Sullivan, who narrates from the point of view of Jess. Sullivan manages to project a youthful demeanor without falling into the trap of an overdone falsetto and succeeds in authentically depicting Jess' fear and confusion. Lorna Raver and Mark Bramhall also fully inhabit Cash's complicated, sympathetic characters, giving performances that are full of genuine emotion…An audiobook that delivers an unforgettable listening experience. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."
"[A] mesmerizing first novel…Intensely felt and beautifully told."
"Cash adeptly captures the rhythms of Appalachian speech…Has elements of a thriller, but Cash is ultimately interested in how unscrupulous individuals can bend decent people to their own dark ends."
"Absorbing…Cash uses well-placed flashbacks…to flesh out his characters."
"Wiley Cash delivers a lyrical, poignant debut that melds crime fiction with Southern Gothic for an emotional story about two brothers…A Land More Kind Than Home heralds a new talent at the beginning of what should be a promising career."
"A powerfully moving debut that reads a little as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
"Cash writes with confidence and compassion…A beautifully written morality tale."
"A smashingly triumphant debut, one which will stay with you long after you've finished."
"Clear-sighted, graceful debut…[Cash] adds his promising new voice to Southern fiction."
"Structured as a triptych, Cash's debut about a town gripped by a menacing preacher has the timeless qualities of the Old Testament."
"Cinematic and symphonic, A Land More Kind Than Home's compelling story is revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a wonderfully impressive debut: tender, muscled, and unforgettable."
"Wiley Cash is a talented and disciplined young writer, and his first novel, A Land More Kind Than Home, proves it. I think this could be the beginning of a long, fruitful career."
"Cash's debut novel is mysterious, and indirectly creepy, which will have a powerful effect on readers…Riveting, dis
Deep in the heart of western North Carolina lies Marshall, a quiet mountain town where people believe in protecting their own-especially if they harbor secrets. For the town's modest folk, that's the way it's always been-a belief instilled in them for generations. For a curious boy like Jess Hall, it means trouble, especially when his older brother, Christopher, a mute autistic boy everyone calls Stump, can't help sneaking a look at something he isn't supposed to-an act that causes catastrophic repercussions and thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's unprepared.
Confronted with a stunned community, a family in pain, and witnesses who will not talk, Sheriff Clem Barefield turns to church matriarch Adelaide Lyle, whose role as the town's moral center makes her predictions of a violent reckoning to come all but unavoidable. As the lynchpin for this violence, Jess is set adrift in a world in which the truth is hidden from children, even if they know things adults do not. Title Info. Dedication. Excerpt (Thoman Wolfe) Adelaide Lyle. One
Two
Three
Clem Barefield. Four
Five
Six
Jess Hall. Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Clem Barefield. Eleven
Adelaide Lyle. Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Clem Barefield. Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Jess Hall. Nineteen
Twenty
Adelaide Lyle. Twenty One
Clem Barefield. Twenty Two
Jess Hall. Twenty Three
Clem Barefield. Twenty Four
Adelaide Lyle. Twenty Five
"Three narrators deliver the story-one for each of the main characters whose points of view Cash explores. Particularly impressive is Nick Sullivan, who narrates from the point of view of Jess. Sullivan manages to project a youthful demeanor without falling into the trap of an overdone falsetto and succeeds in authentically depicting Jess' fear and confusion. Lorna Raver and Mark Bramhall also fully inhabit Cash's complicated, sympathetic characters, giving performances that are full of genuine emotion…An audiobook that delivers an unforgettable listening experience. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."
"[A] mesmerizing first novel…Intensely felt and beautifully told."
"Cash adeptly captures the rhythms of Appalachian speech…Has elements of a thriller, but Cash is ultimately interested in how unscrupulous individuals can bend decent people to their own dark ends."
"Absorbing…Cash uses well-placed flashbacks…to flesh out his characters."
"Wiley Cash delivers a lyrical, poignant debut that melds crime fiction with Southern Gothic for an emotional story about two brothers…A Land More Kind Than Home heralds a new talent at the beginning of what should be a promising career."
"A powerfully moving debut that reads a little as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
"Cash writes with confidence and compassion…A beautifully written morality tale."
"A smashingly triumphant debut, one which will stay with you long after you've finished."
"Clear-sighted, graceful debut…[Cash] adds his promising new voice to Southern fiction."
"Structured as a triptych, Cash's debut about a town gripped by a menacing preacher has the timeless qualities of the Old Testament."
"Cinematic and symphonic, A Land More Kind Than Home's compelling story is revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a wonderfully impressive debut: tender, muscled, and unforgettable."
"Wiley Cash is a talented and disciplined young writer, and his first novel, A Land More Kind Than Home, proves it. I think this could be the beginning of a long, fruitful career."
"Cash's debut novel is mysterious, and indirectly creepy, which will have a powerful effect on readers…Riveting, dis