A Thousand Acres and Empire Falls meet during the present hydrofracking controversy as a beleaguered patriarch must decide the fate of his land and children in this enveloping family drama The Joyner family sits atop prime Marcellus Shale. When landmen for the natural gas companies begin to lease property all around the family's hundred acres, the Joyners start to take notice. Undecided on whether or not to lease the family land, Frank Joyner must weigh his heirs' competing motivations. All of this culminates as a ... Read More
A Thousand Acres and Empire Falls meet during the present hydrofracking controversy as a beleaguered patriarch must decide the fate of his land and children in this enveloping family drama The Joyner family sits atop prime Marcellus Shale. When landmen for the natural gas companies begin to lease property all around the family's hundred acres, the Joyners start to take notice. Undecided on whether or not to lease the family land, Frank Joyner must weigh his heirs' competing motivations. All of this culminates as a looming history of family tragedy resurfaces. A sprawling family novel, Fractures follows each Joyner as the controversial hydrofracking issue slowly exacerbates underlying passions and demons. With echoes of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom , Fractures takes its reader deep into the beating heart and hearth of a family divided "Lamar Herrin's Fractures is a brilliantly conceived and executed novel that illustrates how coping with familial dysfunctions can help us understand and deal with the more deadly dysfunctions of society. Here's one of my favorite writers at his finest." --Ron Hansen, author of The Assassination of Jesse James Read Less
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Very clean first edition, first printing, SIGNED by author-in clean unworn dustjacket protected in new archival quality clear removable mylar sleeve. Red boards and spine with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no fading, no wear. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean and bright. No previous owner names or marks. Author inscription on title page: "To Jean-my best-Lamar Herrin-November, 2006." Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Collectible quality.
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