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Sharyn McCrumb Prayers the Devil Answers (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Prayers the Devil Answers : a Novel
- Publication Name
- Prayers the Devil Answers
- Title
- Prayers the Devil Answers
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1476772843
- EAN
- 9781476772844
- ISBN
- 9781476772844
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Literary, Historical
- Release Date
- 25/04/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 10.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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In Depression-era Appalachia, a desperate sheriff's widow takes on her late husband's job and discovers that a prayer the devil answers comes at a terrible price. The year is 1936 and society provides no safety net for newly widowed Ellie Robbins, a woman in a small mountain town who suddenly has to support her family on her own. She's not trained to be a teacher or a nurse, the only respectable careers for a woman. So in order to care for her children, Ellie takes the only job available: that of her late husband, the sheriff. Ellie has long proven that she can handle herself, and her role as sheriff is largely symbolic. Yet the wariness of her male subordinates and the townspeople is palpable. Soon, as dark secrets come to light, Ellie is forced to grapple with the tenuous ties she shares with a convicted killer and the small-town superstitions that have plagued her for years. When a condemned killer is sentenced to death for his crime, her opportunity to do so presents itself in a way she never expected. There's one task that only a sheriff can carry out: the execution of a convicted prisoner. Atmospheric and suspenseful, Prayers the Devil Answers is rich with the same masterful attention to historical detail and captivating folklore that you cherished in McCrumb's renowned Ballad novels. Her luscious writing brings her unforgettable characters to life with the "pure poetry" ( The New York Times Book Review ) that defines her astounding novels. Prayers the Devil Answers is a mesmerizing depiction of one woman's tenacity and strength in even the most harrowing of circumstances.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1476772843
ISBN-13
9781476772844
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211937213
Product Key Features
Book Title
Prayers the Devil Answers : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3563.C3527p73 2016
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Prayers the Devil Answers is a rich, astonishing, marvelous book. With a superb eye for detail, Sharyn McCrumb masterfully captures the essence of Depression-era Appalachia, its rough beauty, its folklore, and most of all, its people. Suspenseful and gritty, this compelling tale of a determined young widow confronting heartbreak and impossible choices will resonate long after the final page., The writing in Prayers the Devil Answers is like the tale it tells: straight-forward, unadorned, and powerful. Set during the deep Depression, in an area very familiar to readers of Sharon McCrumb's previous novels, this story of an ordinary woman thrust into the extraordinary role of sheriff moves forward with relentless momentum and stark beauty. McCrumb continues to mine gold from the hard-rock lives of those who call Appalachia home., Captivating in its scope and detail...an excellent exploration of one woman's journey to save her family and find herself., Captivating in its scope and detail…an excellent exploration of one woman's journey to save her family and find herself., Not only is McCrumb a masterful storyteller in the classic sense of the word, but her deep love and historical background of her native Appalachian ancestry create a tapestry to be relished by her readers...In PRAYERS THE DEVIL ANSWERS, we get caught up in a vibrant and suspenseful tale of a woman's courage, in a time and place we won't soon forget., "Prayers theDevil Answers" is both an indictment of those who would hold a woman backsimply because of her gender and, at the same time, a celebration of what aperson can do when faced with difficult circumstances and seeminglyunsurmountable odds. McCrumb has given us just the woman to overcome those oddsin the character of Ellie Robbins."
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2015-014061
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
23
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