A Place of Stone
Published on 1. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-1-61309-530-0 (ISBN)
Description
Searching for an escape from the construction rat race and a troubled marriage, craftsman Liam McLeod drops out at age 70 and builds a retreat in a hidden, stony mountain cleft. He seeks peace, but the doubts remain, and he is unable to lose his sense of duty and a newfound faith in the demanding, constant toil to survive. His odyssey is complicated by an attractive, mature therapist after he's injured, and the routine of building, planting, surviving, is disrupted. His grown children, his estranged wife, a brother and a rural minister help him find perspective. Traveling the road untaken turns out to be an adventure laden with consequences. He accomplishes a lot, learns a great deal about human nature, and also about himself.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61309-530-0 (9781613095300)
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Person
Charles McRaven has been called an 'active historian'. He is a skilled log cabin builder, stonemason, timber framer, blacksmith, and consultant on historic structures as well as pastor of a small, rural church. Rev. McRaven writes about people who work with their hands, those who are close to the land. He is also a former journalism college professor and newspaper editor. He and his wife Linda, a former National Geographic picture editor, live in the woods in central Virginia.