Going to Solace Illustrated Edition (eBook, ePUB)
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Why don't we grown-ups get to read more stories with pictures the way children do? In this illustrated version of the beloved novel Going to Solace, sixty-five color photographs interweave with the text to evoke its Appalachian setting and the emotional circumstances of its characters.It's Thanksgiving week, 1989. A handful of mismatched folks -- some country people, some far-flung, fancy people -- discover they have one thing in common: someone they know is sick, real sick, dying sick. Suddenly, they're the caregivers, doing all they can to beat back death or "hurry him on about his business....
Why don't we grown-ups get to read more stories with pictures the way children do? In this illustrated version of the beloved novel Going to Solace, sixty-five color photographs interweave with the text to evoke its Appalachian setting and the emotional circumstances of its characters.
It's Thanksgiving week, 1989. A handful of mismatched folks -- some country people, some far-flung, fancy people -- discover they have one thing in common: someone they know is sick, real sick, dying sick. Suddenly, they're the caregivers, doing all they can to beat back death or "hurry him on about his business." Their paths cross as they wind up going to a hospice called Solace. Through different points of view, multiple stories become one, illuminating the altered states of shock and clarity that visit us as our loved (and hated) ones pass from this world to the next. Going to Solace offers comfort in comfortless times. The photographs in this new edition underscore the poignancies of a novel hailed by its readers as a celebration of the kitchen-table heroism we see around us every day.
Please note: Because this ebook is rich with images, it will take a little longer to download to your device. Make sure you have the full ebook loaded before beginning to read it for the first time.
It's Thanksgiving week, 1989. A handful of mismatched folks -- some country people, some far-flung, fancy people -- discover they have one thing in common: someone they know is sick, real sick, dying sick. Suddenly, they're the caregivers, doing all they can to beat back death or "hurry him on about his business." Their paths cross as they wind up going to a hospice called Solace. Through different points of view, multiple stories become one, illuminating the altered states of shock and clarity that visit us as our loved (and hated) ones pass from this world to the next. Going to Solace offers comfort in comfortless times. The photographs in this new edition underscore the poignancies of a novel hailed by its readers as a celebration of the kitchen-table heroism we see around us every day.
Please note: Because this ebook is rich with images, it will take a little longer to download to your device. Make sure you have the full ebook loaded before beginning to read it for the first time.
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