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Robin Yocum The Essay (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Essay : a Novel
- Publication Name
- The Essay
- Title
- The Essay
- Subtitle
- A Novel
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1628727179
- EAN
- 9781628727173
- ISBN
- 9781628727173
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Genre
- Young Adult Fiction, Fiction
- Release Year
- 2016
- Release Date
- 10/11/2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 11.2 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Topic
- General, Coming of Age, Sports
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Great Crossover with YA Market Jimmy Lee Hickam grew up deep in the bowels of Appalachian Ohio, on the poorest road in the poorest county in the poorest region of the state. To make things worse, the name Hickam is synonymous with trouble. Jimmy Lee hails from a mix of thieves, moonshiners, and drunkards who for decades have clung to both the hardscrabble hills and the iron bars of every jail cell in the region. This life, Jimmy Lee believes, is his destiny: working with his drunkard father at the sawmill, or sitting next to his arsonist brother in the penitentiary. If not for an inspiring coach and Jimmy Lee's ability to play football, he would not have returned for his junior year in high school. When his visionary English teacher cuts Jimmy Lee a break, preserving his eligibility for the coming football season, he rewards her with a winning essay in the high school writing contest. When irate parents and administration claim he has cheated, his teacher takes Jimmy Lee's writing talent as far as it can go, showing him the path out of the hills of Appalachia. Terrific characterizations, surprising revelations, gut-wrenching past betrayals, and an unforgettable cast of characters borne of the dusty worn-out landscape of Southeastern Ohio, make The Essay a powerful, evocative, and incredibly moving novel. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1628727179
ISBN-13
9781628727173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219612861
Product Key Features
Book Title
Essay : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Coming of Age, Sports
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Young Adult Fiction, Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
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"A heart-rending tale . . . with deep insights. The writing is plain and unadorned, and completely in tune with the people and place. Highly recommended." -- Midwest Book Review "Like Annie Proulx, Richard Russo, and Richard Ford, Robin Yocum knows how to stake out a claim to a very particular part of America and make it uniquely his own. In Yocum's poignant and hard-hitting new novel, THE ESSAY, he explores, with great insight and craftsmanship, the coal mines and out-of-the-way farms and rivers and Friday night football games of southeastern Ohio. Jimmy Lee Hickam may come from a family of outlaws, but he's my latest literary hero. THE ESSAY is a book that young adults and veteran readers alike are going to love."--Howard Frank Mosher "After reading The Essay, a tough but compassionate story about a poor teenager in southern Ohio who struggles to make good despite his harsh upbringing, I am convinced that Robin Yocum is one of the most talented and graceful writers working in America today. And I mean it when I say that I love this book." --Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the Time and Knockemstiff In The Essay, Robin Yocum explores just how far we can pull at the ties that tether us to our lives. Can we ever overcome circumstance and family history to chart our own destiny? Inspiring, compelling, and filled with characters I came to care deeply about, this is one story I couldn't put down. -- Carla Buckley, award-nominated author of The Things That Keep Us HereIn The Essay, Robin Yocum explores just how far we can pull at the ties that tether us to our lives. Can we ever overcome circumstance and family history to chart our own destiny? Inspiring, compelling, and filled with characters I came to care deeply about, this is one story I couldn't put down. -- Carla Buckley, author of The Things That Keep Us Here "Yocum writes like the reporter he used to be. He's observant and still has his eye for detail and nuance."-- Richmond Times-Dispatch
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