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Joy, Pa: A Novel (Yellow Shoe Fiction)
LSU Press
ISBN13:
9780807159569
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A darkly insightful evocation of the post-industrial era, Joy, PA tells the story of a family teetering on the precipice of ruin. The Augenbaughs live in a broken and decaying town where the last vestiges of country-club wealth run up against the terrible realities of working-class poverty. Abigail, a fervent believer in the apocalyptic teachings of a radio preacher, is desperate to save her son from Judgment Day as she readies herself for the Rapture-due to arrive in just a few days. Her husband, Burns, has moved to the basement to live out his days in a medicated stupor, unable to cope with memories of his service in Iraq. Caught between the suffering of his mother and father, ten-year-old Willie fights the inherited demons that have savaged his parents' tenuous grasp on reality. The somber drama surrounding the Augenbaughs plays out with a piercing and commanding lyrical beauty. Both transfixing and disconcerting, Steven Sherrill's empathetic portrait of alienation elicits hope and sympathy amidst shattered but no-less-dignified lives.
- | Author: Steven Sherrill
- | Publisher: Lsu Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 16, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0807159565
- | ISBN-13: 9780807159569
- Author:
- Steven Sherrill
- Publisher:
- Lsu Press
- Publication Date:
- Feb 16, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 272 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0807159565
- ISBN-13:
- 9780807159569