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A land more kind than home is the story of faith and belief gone wrong, a community that follows a false prophet even when his methods lead to the deaths of members of their community. Introducing a land more kind than home by wiley cash. The novel is told from three characters perspectives. Sort title title genre genre date oldest date newest the last ballad. Previous next subscribe to the oprahs book club newsletter sign up for the oprahs book club newsletter get more stories like this delivered to your inbox get updates on your. This study guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character. Gothic thriller takes two young girls down a dark road to mercy.
New york times bestselling author of a land more kind than home and this dark road to mercy. Wiley cash is the awardwinning and new york times bestselling author of a land more kind than home and the acclaimed this dark road to mercy. Read a land more kind than home by wiley cash for free with a 30 day free trial. Dg martin talks to wiley cash about his book, a land more kind than home. A land more kind than home by wiley cash goodreads. He has held residency positions at yaddo and the macdowell colony and teaches in the lowresidency mfa program at southern new hampshire university. A land more kind than home is a modern masterwork of southern fiction, reminiscent of the writings of john hart down river, tom franklin crooked letter, crooked letter, ron rash serena, and pete dexter paris troutone that is likely to be held in the same enduring esteem as such american classics as to kill a mockingbird, of mice and. Gaines did the same thing in his louisiana fiction. Deep in the heart of western north carolina lies marshall, a quiet mountain town where people believe in protecting their ownespecially if they harbor secrets. Explain what the title a land more kind than home signifies. A land more kind than home audiobook, written by wiley.
A land more kind than home is a spellbinding, heartbreaking story about cruelty and innocence, and the failure of religion and family to protect a child. His first novel, a land more kind than home, won the cwa john creasey new blood dagger award for best first novel 2012. A land more kind than home is, on the surface, a novel that deals with the aftermath of the death of an autistic boy during an extreme evangelical church healing. Adventurous and precocious, jess is enormously protective. Download or stream a land more kind than home by wiley cash. I must admit the first thing that drew me to this book was its cover, it is beautiful and i am a sucker for a pretty picture. Paying tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers, the last ballad is lyrical, heartbreaking and haunting, and the novel which confirms wiley cashs place among americas finest writers. Author interview wiley cash, author of a land more kind. And in his first novel, a land more kind than home, wiley cash proved that he. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Download a land more kind than home audiobook by wiley. The irony that the loray mill, where scenes in the book are set, is now home to luxury condos is not lost on you. The new york times bestselling author of the celebrated a land more kind than home and this dark road to mercy returns with this eagerly awaited new novel, set in the appalachian foothills of. Within the first few pages of wiley cashs debut novel a land more kind than home, the reader knows without a doubt that he is in the hands of a master storyteller.
Wiley teaches an mfa in fiction and nonfiction at southern. See all books authored by wiley cash, including a land more kind than home, and the last ballad, and more on. Debut novelist wiley cash discusses his forthcoming novel a land more kind than homea mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a. 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. He currently serves as the writerinresidence at the university of north carolinaasheville and teaches in the mountainview lowresidency mfa. His second novel, a dark road to mercy, was the winner of the 2014 gold dagger crime novel of the year award. Bestselling author adriana trigianis most recent books include the novels the shoemakers wife and brava, valentine she lives. A land more kind than home by wiley cash gone girl by gillian flynn tell the wolves im. Wiley cash books list of books by author wiley cash. Wiley cashs first novel, a land more kind than home, is woven together from the narratives of three characters, 9yearold jess, elderly adelaide lyle, and sheriff clem barefield, and. This detailed literature summary also contains quotes and a free quiz on a land more kind than home by wiley cash. Wiley cash is from western north carolina, a region that features prominently in his writing.