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The homecoming. [large print] Earl Hamner.

Hamner, Earl, Jr. (Author).

Summary:

When Clay Spencer fails to arrive home at the expected hour on Christmas Eve of 1933{608} his family is concerned. The older son{608} Clayboy{608} is dispatched to find his father. On his journey through the snowbound Virginia hills{608} he experiences a series of hazardous{608} touching{608} and hilarious adventures. An encounter with the neighborhood Negro church teaches Clayboy a lesson in race relations and{608} while taking refuge from a snowstorm{608} he is overwhelmed by the intoxicating hospitality of two elderly genteel lady bootleggers. Finally, at midnight, when all hope for him has been abandoned, Clay Spencer provides a surprising climax to the story, and in a single moment illuminates the triumph of the human spirit.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781602850774
  • ISBN: 1602850771
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Edition: Center Point large print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Pub., 2007.
Subject:
Mountain life > Fiction.
Rural families > Fiction.
Blue Ridge Mountains > Fiction.
Virginia > Fiction.
Genre:
Large print books.
Domestic fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.

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  • 13 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.

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Gunn Memorial Public Library LP F HAM (Text) 34621704461790 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -

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