Mcllwain, Jolene
Sidle Creek
- ISBN 13:
- 9781685890414
- author:
- Mcllwain, Jolene
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Melville House Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 20.6 x 14 x 2.3 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Sidle Creek is a tender and truthful exploration of a small town in Appalachia, told by a brilliant new voice in fiction. Jolene McIlwain skillfully interrogates the myths and stereotypes of the mining, mill, and farming towns where she grew up.
The stories that make up this collection take place in diners and dive bars, town halls and bait shops, revealing themes of class, work, health, and trauma, as well as the unexpected human connections of small, close-knit communities. The natural world is woven throughout, a source of livelihood and vulnerable to exploitation.
With an alchemic blend of taut prose, gorgeous imagery, and deep sensitivity for all living beings, Sidle Creek will sit snugly on bookshelves alongside works by Annie Proulx, Joy Williams, and Louise Erdrich.
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