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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101565123689
ISBN-139781565123687
eBay Product ID (ePID)127403447
Product Key Features
Book TitleCoal Tattoo
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicContemporary Women, Sagas, Literary
Publication Year2004
GenreFiction
AuthorSilas House
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-048323
Reviews"Evocative prose and unforgettable characters mark this haunting novel....The coal tattoo--a bluish tinge that seeps under a miner's skin and leaves a permanent stain--is a perfect metaphor for the novel's depiction of the indelible imprint the land leaves on the human soul." -- Publisher's Weekly
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisTwo sisters can't stand to live together, but can't bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash, the other desperately wants to have child. This is what's at the heart of Silas House's third, masterful novel, which tells the story of Easter and Anneth, tragically left parentles as children, who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town. Easter is deeply religious, keeps a good home, believes in tradition, and is intent on rearing her wild younger sister properly. Anneth is untamable, full of passion, determined to live hard and fast. It's only a matter of time before their predilections split their paths and nearly undo their bond. How these two women learn to overcome their past, sacrifice deeply for each other, and live together again in the only place that matters is the story of "The Coal Tattoo." Silas House's work has been described as compelling, seamless, breathtaking, heartbreaking, eloquent, stunningly beautiful, and exquisite. In "The Coal Tattoo," he raises the bar once again., Two sisters can't stand to live together, but can't bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash, the other desperately wants to have child. This is what's at the heart of Silas House's third, masterful novel, which tells the story of Easter and Anneth, tragically left parentles as children, who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town. Easter is deeply religious, keeps a good home, believes in tradition, and is intent on rearing her wild younger sister properly. Anneth is untamable, full of passion, determined to live hard and fast. It's only a matter of time before their predilections split their paths and nearly undo their bond. How these two women learn to overcome their past, sacrifice deeply for each other, and live together again in the only place that matters is the story of The Coal Tattoo . Silas House's work has been described as compelling, seamless, breathtaking, heartbreaking, eloquent, stunningly beautiful, and exquisite. In The Coal Tattoo , he raises the bar once again., In coal country, when a miner survives the collapse of a mine, he'll often surface with a permanent mark stamped onto his skin--a greenish blue imprint, sometimes jagged-edge, sometimes smooth--a symbol of endurance and sacrifice. A coal tattoo. In Silas House's new novel, everyone who's raised in Black Banks is indelibly marked by and forever connected to the place, which is how it is for Anneth and Easter.At the heart of The Coal Tattoo is the story of these two sisters who can't live together, but can't bear to be apart. Left to raise themselves in a small coal mining town in Tennessee, Anneth and Easter are as different as night and day. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is too afraid to date. Both are looking for a way to come to terms with their mother's abandonment. Anneth, just sixteen, takes off to Nashville and elopes, while Easter, weathering her own young marriage, faces a crisis of faith.For both sisters, their journey will bring them back to the land and to each other.
LC Classification NumberPS3558.O8659C63 2004
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