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The Weight of this World
The Weight of this World
Author: David Joy
Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut Where All Light Tends to Go was hailed as "a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of southern literature" (The Huffington Post), returns to the mountains of North Carolina with a powerful story about the inescapable weight of the past. — A combat v...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399574245
ISBN-10: 0399574247
Publication Date: 6/5/2018
Pages: 304
Edition: Reprint
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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If you feel like your life is all gone to hell, just read this. You'll find people who are in lower depths of hell than you. Bad luck, bad drugs, bad choices, bad men, bad wars, you name it, our 'heroes' have lived though it all. Two good friends who are having a very bad time of it. Very gritty and real, some people may not be able to relate to the lives these two lead. But I still found it hard to turn away, like driving past a car accident. You keep wondering "How did they get like this?"


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