Steal Away Home Contributor(s): Coffey, Billy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432849409 ISBN-13: 9781432849405 Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Family Life - General |
Dewey: 813.6 |
LCCN: 2017057091 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.35 lbs) 638 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Family - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "This is a powerful story of grief, love, forgiveness, and holy mystery, and I loved it. Billy Coffey is a master storyteller." --Lauren Denton, USA Today bestselling author of The Hideaway Owen Cross grew up with two loves: one a game, the other a girl. One of his loves ruined him. Now he's counting on the other to save him.Owen Cross's father is a hard man, proud in his brokenness, who wants nothing more than for Owen to succeed where he failed. With his innate talents and his father's firm hand guiding him, Owen goes to college with dreams of the major leagues--and an emptiness full of a girl named Micky Dullahan. Owen loved Micky from the first time they met on the hill between their two worlds: his middle-class home and her troubled Shantytown. Years later he leaves her for the dugouts and the autographs, but their days together follow him. When he finally returns home, he discovers that even peace comes at a cost. And that the hardest things to say are to the ones we love the most. From bestselling author Billy Coffey comes a haunting story of small-town love, blinding ambition, and the risk of giving it all for one last chance. "In one evening, a single baseball game, Coffey invites us into a lifetime. With lyrical prose and aching description we join Owen Cross on a journey of love, loss, faith, the unexpected--and America's favorite pastime." --Katherine Reay, author of Dear Mr. Knightley and The Austen Escape |
Contributor Bio(s): Coffey, Billy: - Billy Coffey's critically acclaimed books combine rural Southern charm with a vision far beyond the ordinary. He is a regular contributor to several publications, where he writes about faith and life. Billy lives with his wife and two children in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Visit him at www.billycoffey.com. Facebook: billycoffeywriter Twitter: @billycoffey |