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The Evening Hour: A Novel (2012)

by Carter Sickels(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

160819597X (ISBN13: 9781608195978)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: Another book that makes me doubt my writing ability. So good. This is the story of a man, Cole, and a community living in the shadow of a coal mining operation that is destroying the land around them. Cole grew up with his Pentecostal grandparents, having seen his mother only once at age ten. Now 27, he is working as a nursing home aide and earning money on the side by buying old people’s unused prescription drugs and selling them to junkies. The death of his grandfather, an unexpected arrival, and a tragedy that affects the whole community catapult him into reconsidering everything he has ever believed. Sickels tells this book in glorious language and beautiful detail, giving us not only a hero we love despite his imperfections but a whole community we fully believe in ... moreand care about. He also gives a frightening picture of what coal mining can do to the land and people where it takes place. This is the first published novel for Sickels, a multi-awarded MFA grad who has lived in New York and North Carolina and now resides in Portland, Oregon. I look forward to reading more of his work.
review 2: This book takes place in the mountains of West Virginia. The events which occur are similar to happenings which I've read have actually occurred in nearby states. I was ready to categorize this book as a future classic. The profuse profanity within may or may not inhibit that. It is a must reading for the youth of America to make them aware of what is presently occurring within our country in regard to our quest for its natural resources. Corporate America sometimes stops at nothing & limits must be set in the future with regard to the free hand they now have in this quest. less

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