Empty Chairs - Softcover

Keller, Anne Davidson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1542785618 ISBN 13: 9781542785617

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Joe McDowell steals coins from his mother’s change purse. Why? Because he wants things that a poor farm boy can never have. And from his point of view, it gets worse. Not only does Joe’s older brother, Ted, go to fight in World War II, but it also looks as if Joe will have to become the fourth generation McDowell man to run the farm. And maybe he doesn’t want that. But how can he let Daddy down? Will Mama help him, since she grew up in Raleigh and knows what it’s like to live somewhere else? Can the family survive the crisis that comes next? Joe pulls us into his life on the cusp of adolescence and major decisions. He must make an irrevocable choice between his personal desires and his family’s needs during a great transition in the American story.

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Review:

..".an unusually wise work, both sensitive and powerful." --Kirkus Reviews

"This well-crafted story takes off from page one and moves steadily to the end, posing challenges to the family at seemingly every turn, but never becoming overdramatic or sappy. It delivers genuine characters...the description is visid, the scenes authentic." --BlueInk Review

About the Author:

Anne Davidson Keller was born and raised in North Carolina, spending time each summer in the Blue Ridge mountains with her maternal grandmother. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and her MSSW from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Anne’s enjoyed a career in mental health care. This is her first novel. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1542785618
• ISBN 13: 9781542785617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356