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Where all Light Tends to go

Joy, David, 1983- Book - 2015 Adult Book / Fiction / General / Joy, David 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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" "Lyrical, propulsive, dark and compelling. Joy knows well the grit and gravel of his world, the soul and blemishes of the place."--Daniel Woodrell. In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bone meets 'Breaking Bad,' a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption. The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically organized meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually. The only joy he finds comes from reuniting with Maggie, his first love, and a girl clearly bound for bigger and better things than their hardscrabble town. Jacob has always been resigned to play the cards that were dealt him, but when a fatal mistake changes everything, he's faced with a choice: stay and appease his father, or leave the mountains with the girl he loves. In a place where blood is thicker than water and hope takes a back seat to fate, Jacob wonders if he can muster the strength to rise above the only life he's ever known"-- Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Putnam Adult, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: 260 p.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399172779
0399172777

SUBJECTS
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Drug dealers -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- Fiction.
Appalachian Mountains -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.