Traveling through the Deep South in 1950 with Jeremiah Musgrove's Chinese Circus, magician Henry Walker finds himself in deep trouble with three angry white teenagers, while his friends from the circus describe how Henry received the gift of magic from the devil himself.
From the author of Big Fish comes this haunting, tender story that weaves a tragic secret, a mysterious meeting with the Devil, and a family of charming circus freaks recounting the extraordinary adventures of their friend Henry Walker, the ...
**Wallace named the Harper Lee Award winner for 2019 by the Alabama Writers' Forum** **One of PopSugar’s Best 2017 Spring Books for Women** A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York ...
After the death of his grandfather, Thomas Rider heads for Ashland, Alabama, to uncover the truth about his parents, discovering a bizarre place whose fate is intertwined with that of their watermelon crop as well as the mysteries of his ...
Book Club: Big Fish (3 Copies).
Beginning at death and ending in his childhood, Ray in Reverse leads us back to Ray in his innocence, achieving, against all odds, a happy ending.
When their parents die an untimely death, a blind, naïve younger sister becomes wholly dependent on her bitter and conniving older sister, who overprotectively imparts stories of a brutal and dangerous world until the younger sister makes ...
Meet Louis Fellini.
Help Ezra Bridger and the Rebel heroes make their their way through amazing mazes, picture puzzles, trivia contests, and more as they wage battle against the Galactic Empire in this mind-bending compendium.
Writing fiction is a similar process. Sometimes it might take a while before the story gets some balance and moves forward. Sometimes the story takes off as if motor-driven, then crashes into something not foreseen or expected.
One was at Brady's, not far from Carlton's Rock Pile. Lots of Carolina students were eating there when we sat down at the counter. ey glowered at us. Mr. Brady grew very exercised but only called the police. When they arrived, Mr. Brady ...