Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Karen Salyer McElmurrayTheme:Cultural Region/South, Cultural Region/Southeast U.S., Demographic Orientation/Rural, Geographic Orientation/Kentucky, Topical/FamilyPublish date:10/4/2004Pages:300
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820326672ISBN-10:0820326674UPC:9780820326672Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:9.04 x 5.46 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.381Product ID:SC6JYFRGR1
This haunting debut novel invites us to explore the boundaries between beliefs, desires, obsessions, and madness. Karen Salyer McElmurray's story is set in Mining Hollow, Kentucky, where we meet Ruth Blue Wallen; her husband, Earl; and their son, Andrew. Ruth longs to know God, the only escape she can find in a world that has shown her spiritual, emotional, and sensual defeat. Earl yearns for the music-making of his past, now lost as he makes a living as a coal miner. Andrew desires the affection of a boyhood friend, an expression of love considered sinful in rural Kentucky. And with the divinely inspired yet tormenting help of his mother, in a world of deeply and tragically conflicting desires, Andrew must choose to live or die--he must choose an uncertain love or nothing at all.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820326672ISBN-10:0820326674UPC:9780820326672Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:9.04 x 5.46 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.381Product ID:SC6JYFRGR1
Karen Salyer McElmurray is the author of two novels, "Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven" (Georgia) and "Motel of the Stars." She is also the author of the memoir "Surrendered Child." She is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College and State University, where she is Nonfiction Editor for Arts and Letters. She also teaches in the low-residency program at Murray State University.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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