| Brighten the Corner Where You Are Contributor(s): Chappell, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312050577 ISBN-13: 9780312050573 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 Annotation: Brighten the Corner Where You Are was handsdown one of the most widely read and favorably reviewed novels of 1989. This story of a day in the life of Joe Robert Kirkman. North Carolina mountain schoolteacher, sly prakster, and family man, won the hearts of readers and reviews across the country. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Southern - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90036878 |
| Series: Kirkman Family Cycle |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.4" W x 5.4" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This story of a day in the life of Joe Robert Kirkman, a North Carolina mountain schoolteacher, sly prankster, country philosopher, and family man, won the hearts of readers and reviewers across the country. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chappell, Fred: - Fred Chappell is the award-winning author of more than twenty books of poetry and fiction, including I Am One of You Forever, Brighten the Corner Where You Are, and Look Back All the Green Valley. He has received many major prizes, including the Bollingen Prize in Poetry from Yale University and the Award in Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives with his wife, Susan in Greensboro, North Carolina. |