Heading Out to Wonderful
- ISBN-10
- 1616202726
- ISBN-13
- 9781616202729
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 337
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-15
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Author
- Robert Goolrick
Description
A “deliciously dark and dangerous” novel of love and tragedy in post-WWII Virginia by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Reliable Wife (O, The Oprah Magazine). It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the Valley of Virginia. All he has with him are two suitcases: one contains his few possessions, including a fine set of butcher knives; the other is full of money. A lot of money. He’s searching for a home. What he finds is love. And what happens then will haunt Brownsburg for generations. Heading Out to Wonderful is a “tale of doomed love [that] resonates like a folk ballad, with the language of the Blue Ridge Mountains and its people giving this novel its soul . . . Like any good ballad, the narrative builds slowly to its violent climax, packs an emotional punch, and then haunts readers with its quintessentially American refrain” (Publishers Weekly).
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