
A Gracious Plenty
Sheri Reynolds(Author)
Turner Publishing Company
Published on 2. October 2012
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-63026-264-8 (ISBN)
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sheri Reynolds delivers an emotionally moving novel of Finch Nobles, a girl severely burned as a child, who later discovers she can hear the voices of the dead.
After sustaining terrible burns from a household accident as a young girl, Finch Nobles refuses the pity of her hometown. The brave and feisty loner finds comfort in visiting her father's cemetery, where she soon discovers that she can hear the voices of those buried underground. When she begins to speak to them, their answers echo around her in a remarkable chorus of regrets, explanations, and insights. A wonderfully wrought amalgam of Steinbeck, Faulkner, Spoon River Anthology, and Our Town, A Gracious Plenty is a masterful tale not soon forgotten.
After sustaining terrible burns from a household accident as a young girl, Finch Nobles refuses the pity of her hometown. The brave and feisty loner finds comfort in visiting her father's cemetery, where she soon discovers that she can hear the voices of those buried underground. When she begins to speak to them, their answers echo around her in a remarkable chorus of regrets, explanations, and insights. A wonderfully wrought amalgam of Steinbeck, Faulkner, Spoon River Anthology, and Our Town, A Gracious Plenty is a masterful tale not soon forgotten.
Reviews / Votes
"Ms. Reynolds's poetic gifts are uncommonly powerful." -The New York Times"Reynolds . . . is a gifted writer with a deceptively simple style and a keen ear for dialogue." -The Boston Globe
"The newest and most exciting voice to emerge in contemporary Southern fiction." -The San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Reynolds is in top form with these beautifully drawn, flawed characters." -School Library Journal
"Simple prose rich with subtext, convincing dialogue, and a fascinating protagonist combine to produce a heartstring-plucker that's explicit, tender, sad, and hopeful." -Publishers Weekly
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Paducah, KY
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63026-264-8 (9781630262648)
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Person
Sheri Reynolds is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including The Rapture of Canaan. She lives in Virginia and teaches at Old Dominion University, where she is the Ruth and Perry Morgan Chair of Southern Literature.