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This rock : a novel

From the author of Gap Creek-an international best-seller and winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award-comes the gripping story of two brothers struggling against each other and the confines of their mountain world in 1920s Appalachia.The Powell brothers-Muir and Moody-are as different as Cain and Abel. Muir is an innocent, a shy young man with big dreams. Moody, the older and wilder brother-embittered by the death of his father, by years of fighting his mother, and by his jealousy of Muir's place in the family-takes to moonshine and gambling and turns his anger on his brother. Muir escapes by wandering, making his way around the country in attempts to find something-an occupation, a calling-to match his ambition.Through it all, their mother, Ginny, tries to steer her boys right, all the while remembering her own losses: her husband (whose touch still haunts her), her youth, and the fiery sense of God that once ordered her world.When Muir, in a drunken vision,...

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  • ""The Powell brothers, Muir and Moody, are as different as Cain and Abel. Muir is an innocent, a shy young man with big dreams and not the slightest idea of what to do about them. Moody, the older and wilder brother--embittered by the death of his father, by years of fighting his mother, and by his jealousy of Muir's privileged place in the family--takes to moonshine and gambling and turns his anger on his brother. Muir escapes, hoping to find something--an occupation, a calling--to match his ambition."--Jacket."
  • "Two brothers, Moody and Muir Powell, handle the difficulties of life in the Appalachian Mountains in very different ways with Moody turning to moonshine and gambling, and Muir leaving to seek a calling that matches his directionless ambition."
  • "From the author of Gap Creek-an international best-seller and winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award-comes the gripping story of two brothers struggling against each other and the confines of their mountain world in 1920s Appalachia.The Powell brothers-Muir and Moody-are as different as Cain and Abel. Muir is an innocent, a shy young man with big dreams. Moody, the older and wilder brother-embittered by the death of his father, by years of fighting his mother, and by his jealousy of Muir's place in the family-takes to moonshine and gambling and turns his anger on his brother. Muir escapes by wandering, making his way around the country in attempts to find something-an occupation, a calling-to match his ambition.Through it all, their mother, Ginny, tries to steer her boys right, all the while remembering her own losses: her husband (whose touch still haunts her), her youth, and the fiery sense of God that once ordered her world.When Muir, in a drunken vision,..."@en
  • ""The Powell brothers, Muir and Moody, are as different as Cain and Abel. Muir is an innocent, a shy young man with big dreams and not the slightest idea of what to do about them. Moody, the older and wilder brother embittered by the death of his father, by years of fighting his mother, and my his jealously of Muir's privileged place in the family takes to moonshine and gambling and turns his anger on his brother."--Jacket."
  • "Twee broers groeien op zonder vader tijdens de drooglegging in de bergen van Noord-Carolina, terwijl ze strijden tegen elkaar en tegen hun schijnbaar uitzichtloze situatie."
  • "In the Appalachian Mountains of the 1920s, the Powell brothers struggle to figure out their place in the world and their relationship with each other, as Moody drifts into alcohol and gambling, while Muir's path changes their family forever."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"
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  • "This rock : a novel"
  • "This rock : a novel"@en
  • "This Rock"
  • "This Rock"@en
  • "This rock a novel"@en
  • "This rock a novel"
  • "Voorbij de rivier"
  • "This rock"
  • "This rock"@en

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