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A darkly insightful evocation of the post-industrial era, Joy, PA tells the story of a family teetering on the precipice of ruin.
The Augenbaughs live in a broken and decaying town where the last vestiges of country-club wealth run up against the terrible realities of working-class poverty.
Abigail, a fervent believer in the apocalyptic teachings of a radio preacher, is desperate to save her son from Judgment Day as she readies herself for the Rapture-due to arrive in just a few days.
Her husband, Burns, has moved to the basement to live out his days in a medicated stupor, unable to cope with memories of his service in Iraq.
Caught between the suffering of his mother and father, ten-year-old Willie fights the inherited demons that have savaged his parents' tenuous grasp on reality.
The somber drama surrounding the Augenbaughs plays out with a piercing and commanding lyrical beauty.
Both transfixing and disconcerting, Steven Sherrill's empathetic portrait of alienation elicits hope and sympathy amidst shattered but no-less-dignified lives.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Louisiana State University Press
- Publication Date:28/02/2015
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- ISBN:9780807159569
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Louisiana State University Press
- Publication Date:28/02/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780807159569