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A land more kind than home : [a novel]

A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than HomeA Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel.

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  • "A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than HomeA Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel."@en
  • "Religion is supposed to shield children from the horrors of the world, but one Sunday nine-year-old Jess Hall secretly witnesses his autistic brother being smothered to death during a healing service at a little church in the mountains of North Carolina. Clem Barefield, the local sheriff, arrives to find a group of charismatic believers who have moved the boy's body and are unwilling to utter a word about his death. At the center of the mystery is Carson Chambliss, a snake-handling ex-convict turned preacher whose past is just as mysterious as the power he claims to possess."@en
  • "Nadat tijdens een healing in een kleine geloofsgemeenschap in Noord-Carolina een kind om het leven komt, gaat de sheriff op onderzoek uit."
  • "A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to'an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that a new understanding can bring not only a growing danger and evil'but also the possibility of freedom and deliverance as well. Told by three resonant and evocative characters'Jess; Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience; and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful past'A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel."@en
  • "Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Hall is enormously protective of his autistic older brother, Stump. He is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when Stump sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions."
  • "Religion is supposed to shield children from the horrors of the world, but one Sunday nine year old Jess Hall secretly witnesses his autistic brother being smothered to death during a healing service at a little church in the mountains of North Carolina. Clem Barefield, the local sheriff, arrives to find a group of charismatic believers who have moved the boy's body and are unwilling to utter a word about his death. At the centre of the mystery is Carson Chambliss, a snake handling ex convict turned preacher whose past is just as mysterious as the power he claims to possess."
  • "Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Hall is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions."@en
  • "One Sunday, nine-year-old Jess Hall watches in horror as his autistic brother is smothered during a healing service in the mountains of North Carolina. The unimaginable violence that follows must be untangled by a local sheriff with his own tragic past."
  • "Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Hall is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions."
  • "A mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town."@en
  • "A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina townFor a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to?an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that a new understanding can bring not only a growing danger and evil?but also the possibility of freedom and deliverance as well. Told by three resonant and evocative characters?Jess; Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience; and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful past?A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel."@en
  • "Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Halle is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions."@en
  • "Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Halle is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions."
  • "Jess Hall, growing up deep in the heart of an unassuming mountain town that believes in protecting its own, is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he isn't supposed to, which has catastrophic repercussions."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "A land more kind than home [electronic resource]"
  • "˜Unaœ tierra más amable que el hogar"
  • "A land more kind than home : [a novel]"@en
  • "A land more kind than home : [a novel]"
  • "Fürchtet euch Roman"
  • "Un pays plus vaste que la terre"
  • "Non puoi tornare a casa"@it
  • "Non puoi tornare a casa"
  • "A Land More Kind Than Home"@en
  • "A land more kind than home"
  • "A land more kind than home"@en
  • "Fürchtet euch : Roman"
  • "Land More Kind Than Home"@en
  • "Una tierra más amable que el hogar"@es

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