| Ripples Contributor(s): Williams, Evan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1970137916 ISBN-13: 9781970137910 Publisher: Sfk Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Southern - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: IS REPAYING A DEBT OF GRATITUDE WORTH THE COST OF SANITY? Ben Bramley must answer that question when a fall day phone call beckons him back to the farm of his youth, to the land that scarred him to the bone. If he rescinds his resolution of lifetime avoidance, he will be returning to the postcard mountain hamlet of Abundance where townsfolk are long on judgment but short on sympathy. Clueless that their black-or-white world of Southern Baptist status quo is in jeopardy should Ben decide to unload his repository of dark secrets and completely unravel the pious fabric of the close-knit community, which includes the handful of those who care for him most. Complex relationships fuel a story in which hypocrisy is an art form, change is impossible, and to love someone is to give them the power to destroy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Evan: - Evan Williams entered his first writing competition in sixth grade, a county-wide agricultural conservation essay contest, and won second place along with a nifty plaque. For Evan, writing is his repayment of gratitude to every author who has inspired him to dream beyond what his eyes can see. His memoir, One Apple at a Time, received the Willie Parker Peace Award for state history from the North Carolina Historical Society. Prior to America's Revolutionary War, Evan's ancestors settled in the Blue Ridge range of the Appalachians, where he remains today. RIPPLES draws heavily on his family's multi-generational apple-growing business. Surrounded by orchard, Evan writes from within a former apple-storage shed-the same shed where he would steal away as a boy to enjoy quality reading time. |