The new valley

novellas

By Weil, Josh

Publishers Summary:
Three linked novellas explore the private worlds of three men--a farmer struggling after his father's suicide, a single dad trying to control his overweight daughter, and a mentally disabled man in love with a married woman intent on using him.

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ISBN
978-0-80211-891-2
Publisher
New York : Grove Press, c2009.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on February 15, 2009

Set in a rural West Virginia valley, this debut novel by Fulbright winner Weil uses linked novellas to show how three loners, with the resilience to make one final connection, bring meaning to their lives. In "Ridge Weather," when Osby Caudill's father dies, Osby realizes they never were much company to each other. A local woman fails to seduce him, and having a renter doesn't work ou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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