Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night - 9781617752278
Un libro in lingua di Taylor Barbara J. edito da Kaylie Jones Books, 2014
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?No one without a heart as big and warm as Barbara Taylor’s possibly could have written a story about a family tragedy that’s infused with so much hope and love, humor, mystery, and down-to-earth wisdom. This is a book I’ll want to give to people. I could not put it down and can’t wait to be captured again by the next book this wonderful human being writes.”
--Beverly Donofrio, author of Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace, and Solace
?Not since reading Richard Llewellyn’s How Green Was My Valley fifty years ago have I felt such empathy and love through fiction for a place, a time, and a people. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night is a book of equal power and beauty, a bittersweet tale set in early-twentieth-century Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, the heart and soul of America’s anthracite coal-mining region, a place where Grace and Grief?now, as then?walk hand in hand.”
--Sara Pritchard, author of Help Wanted: Female
?The world of Christian miners--the hard core of the anthracite mining industry in northeast Pennsylvania--is beautifully evoked by Barbara J. Taylor in this remarkable novel. I found myself drawn back to its pages, living deeply in its world as I read. The sense of place--a place I know well, as I grew up there--is vividly realized. This is a lyrical, passionate novel that will hold readers in its thrall. A first-rate debut.”
--Jay Parini, author of The Last Station
Almost everyone in town blames eight-year-old Violet Morgan for the death of her nine-year-old sister, Daisy. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night opens on September 4, 1913, two months after the Fourth of July tragedy. Owen, the girls’ father, ?turns to drink” and abandons his family. Their mother Grace falls victim to the seductive powers of Grief, an imagined figure who has seduced her off-and-on since childhood. Violet forms an unlikely friendship with Stanley Adamski, a motherless outcast who works in the mines as a breaker boy.
During an unexpected blizzard, Grace goes into premature labor at home and is forced to rely on Violet, while Owen is ?off being saved” at a Billy Sunday Revival.
Inspired by a haunting family story, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night blends real life incidents with fiction to show how grace can be found in the midst of tragedy.
--Beverly Donofrio, author of Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace, and Solace
?Not since reading Richard Llewellyn’s How Green Was My Valley fifty years ago have I felt such empathy and love through fiction for a place, a time, and a people. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night is a book of equal power and beauty, a bittersweet tale set in early-twentieth-century Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, the heart and soul of America’s anthracite coal-mining region, a place where Grace and Grief?now, as then?walk hand in hand.”
--Sara Pritchard, author of Help Wanted: Female
?The world of Christian miners--the hard core of the anthracite mining industry in northeast Pennsylvania--is beautifully evoked by Barbara J. Taylor in this remarkable novel. I found myself drawn back to its pages, living deeply in its world as I read. The sense of place--a place I know well, as I grew up there--is vividly realized. This is a lyrical, passionate novel that will hold readers in its thrall. A first-rate debut.”
--Jay Parini, author of The Last Station
Almost everyone in town blames eight-year-old Violet Morgan for the death of her nine-year-old sister, Daisy. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night opens on September 4, 1913, two months after the Fourth of July tragedy. Owen, the girls’ father, ?turns to drink” and abandons his family. Their mother Grace falls victim to the seductive powers of Grief, an imagined figure who has seduced her off-and-on since childhood. Violet forms an unlikely friendship with Stanley Adamski, a motherless outcast who works in the mines as a breaker boy.
During an unexpected blizzard, Grace goes into premature labor at home and is forced to rely on Violet, while Owen is ?off being saved” at a Billy Sunday Revival.
Inspired by a haunting family story, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night blends real life incidents with fiction to show how grace can be found in the midst of tragedy.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Taylor Barbara J.
- Editore: Kaylie Jones Books
- Collana: Kaylie Jones Books (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Luglio '14
- Genere: FICTION
- Pagine: 319
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 133 x 0
- EAN-13: 9781617752278