Overview
[A] haunting novel. . . . This book brims with the poetry of the working class, seldom sung lyrics of working men and women.āfrom the introduction by Larry Woiwode
āShepherd is a master craftsman, and the subtlety of his art, the unassuming elegance of its architecture, rendered me spellbound and finally grateful. I donāt think I shall ever forget this fine book, its honest, guileless voice leading me along into the fire.āāBob Shacochis
āA riveting exploration of what it is to be an outsider even in your own head. Shepherd has written a gripping story of childhood angstāpsychologically thrilling, lyrically exact.āāJanet Burroway
Levi Revel is a boy in danger of losing his family and maybe his mind. Heās in awe of his father, Everest, a majestic dreamer, a master builder, a man with a violent, secret past. As the family moves from state to state, Levi hears solace in the voice of God, a voice that sends him preaching from treetops and roofs.
But the family begins to fall apart, and as Levi enters adolescence, he hears more troubling things: other voices, terrifying sounds, warnings. When Everest takes him on a high-speed, cross-country chase to win back Leviās motherāby force if necessaryāLevi realizes how much danger they all are in.
Tender and frightening, this debut novel takes readers across America, through the eyes and ears of a child whose family is haunted by a past they canāt outrun. From a boy lost in a world of imaginary voices and chilling destruction to a young man who can rebuild steeples, the story Levi tells is the triumph of persistence over moments of isolation and despair.
Paul Shepherd lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
This book title, More Like Not Running Away (A Novel), ISBN: 9781932511284, by Paul Shepherd, published by Sarabande Books (December 1, 2005) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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