Slow Way Home: A Novel - Hardcover

Morris, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060568984 ISBN 13: 9780060568986

Publisher: Harper San Francisco, 2003

Synopsis

When a drug-addicted mother successfully regains legal custody of her young son, he flees with his protective grandparents, who assume new identities in a turbulent southern town. By the author of A Place Called Wiregrass. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

." echoes of Harper Lee.or of Flannery O'Connor's Southern grotesques . . . or even of Huck Finn.. " -- Washington Post

"a compulsively readable novel with many fine passages on the importance of home and the comforts of faith."--Booklist

.".. echoes of Harper Lee...or of Flannery O'Connor's Southern grotesques . . . or even of Huck Finn.... "--Washington Post

"Morris excels in creating the child's voice.... an inspiring portrait of a true survivor."--BookPage

"[E]motional and fast-paced . . . the social issues covered make this an intelligent book for debate."---- Southern Scribe, 9/03

"[B]oth contemporary and timeless...read the book and savor for yourself Brandon's redemption ...."---- Mobile Register, 9/27/03

"Brandon Willard may well be one of the most endearing novel narrators since Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird."---- Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 9/28/03

"A gentle story suffused with brutal truths, almost fable-like in its resonant simplicity.....a journey well worth taking."----Tim Farrington, author of The Monk Downstairs

"Slow Way Home is a warm, witty, fresh, and innovative novel."----Homer Hickam, author of October Sky

"Slow Way Home is a journey of the human spirit and its themes... make it a novel for the ages."----Richard Paul Evans, author of The Christmas Box

About the Author:

A fifth-generation native of Perry, Florida, a rural area near Tallahassee, Michael Morris knows southern culture and characters. It is the foundation and inspiration for the stories and novels he writes.

Upon graduating from Auburn University, Michael worked for U.S. Senator Bob Graham and then became a sales representative for pharmaceutical companies. As a sales representative, Michael decided to follow a life-long desire and began writing in the evenings. The screenplay he penned during this time is still someplace in the bottom of a desk drawer.

It is when Michael accepted a position in government affairs and moved to North Carolina that he began to take writing more seriously. While studying under author Tim McLaurin, Michael started writing the story that would eventually become his first novel, A Place Called Wiregrass. The novel was released in April, 2002 and is currently in its third printing. A Place Called Wiregrass was named a Booksense 76 selection by members of the American Independent Booksellers Association as and is part of the southern literature curriculum at two universities. Michael's latest novel, Slow Way Home, will be released by Harper Collins on September 23 and his work can be seen in the southern anthology Stories From The Blue Moon Cafe II.

Michael and his wife, Melanie, reside in Fairhope, Alabama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper San Francisco
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060568984
• ISBN 13: 9780060568986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288