A collection of twenty short stories about Port William, a mythical town on the banks of the Kentucky River, populated over the years by a cast of unforgettable characters living in a single place over a long time.
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A collection of twenty short stories about Port William, a mythical town on the banks of the Kentucky River, populated over the years by a cast of unforgettable characters living in a single place over a long time.
Andy looks back from the perspective of fifty years to the summer of 1944 when, as a nine-year-old boy, he was staying at his grandparents' farm near Port William, Kentucky, when his Uncle Andrew was murdered in a fight Andy thought he could have prevented.
At the age of 60, a Kentucky man decides to find out why half a century earlier his favorite uncle was shot, a crime for which the killer spent only two years in jail. The man was nine years old when the incident occurred and nobody would give him a reason.
Destiny finds success on the musical stage but struggles to reconnect to the things in her life that matter most.
In a small town in Kentucky, 92-year-old Jack Beechum, a farmer, moves slowly through his last day of life. Day dreaming in his rocking-chair, he recalls his love for his wife and long days working the earth.
In a rural Kentucky river town, "Old Jack" Beechum, a retired farmer, sees his life again through the shades of one burnished day in September 1952. Bringing the earthiness of America's past to mind, The Memory of Old Jack conveys the truth and integrity of the land and the peop…
In a rural Kentucky river town, "Old Jack" Beechum, a retired farmer, sees his life again through the shades of one burnished day in September 1952. Bringing the earthiness of America's past to mind, The Memory of Old Jack conveys the truth and integrity of the land and the peop…
In a small town in Kentucky, 92-year-old Jack Beechum, a farmer, moves slowly through his last day of life. Day dreaming in his rocking-chair, he recalls his love for his wife and long days working the earth.
Gnosis: Greek word meaning knowledge. Murder, mystery and redemption are at the heart of?́?Gnosis.?́? Detective Jack Dantzler has no clue why he has been summoned to the prison to meet with the Reverend Eli Whitehouse, a man convicted of committing a double murder twenty-nine year…
Mat Feltner, a farmer in Port William, Kentucky, patiently awaits the return of his son, listed as missing in action, in the final months of World War II.
"For more than fifty years, Wendell Berry has been telling us stories about Port William, a mythical town on the banks of the Kentucky River, populated over the years by a cast of unforgettable characters living in a single place over a long time. In this new collection, the aut…
Icy is only 10 years old the first time the sudden itching, the pressure squeezing her skull, and the "little invisible rubber bands" attached to her eyelids that indicate symptoms of Tourette's syndrome happens. She doesn't have a name for these unsettling impulses, but wheneve…