03411cam a2200313 4500 583604160 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781478941774 1478941774 44bf6fca-31ec-4d38-a643-8da38439f449 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2830767 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Collins, Kevin T. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere [OverDrive]. Hachette Audio, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 281MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 281MB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b>A man running from the remnants of his past in New Orleans—and from Hurricane Katrina—struggles to adapt when he's stranded in small-town Virginia in this "marvelous" literary novel (Ron Rash).</b></p> <p>"You have lost everything, yes?" <i>Everything</i>? Henry thought; he considered the word. <i>Had he lost everything</i>?</p> <p>Fleeing New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Henry Garrett is haunted by the ruins of his marriage, a squandered inheritance, and the teaching job he inexplicably quit. He pulls into a small Virginia town after three days on the road, hoping to silence the ceaseless clamor in his head. But this quest for peace and quiet as the only guest at a roadside motel is destroyed when Henry finds himself at the center of a bizarre and violent tragedy. As a result, Henry winds up stranded at the ramshackle motel just outside the small town of Marimore, and it's there that he is pulled into the lives of those around him: Latangi, the motel's recently widowed proprietor, who seems to have a plan for Henry; Marge, a local secretary who marshals the collective energy of her women's church group; and the family of an old man, a prisoner, who dies in a desperate effort to provide for his infirm wife.</p> <p>For his previous novels John Gregory Brown has been lauded for his "compassionate vision of human destiny" as well as his "melodic, haunting, and rhythmic prose." With <i>A Thousand Miles From Nowhere</i>, he assumes his place in the tradition of such masterful storytellers as Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy, offering to readers a tragicomic tour de force about the power of art and compassion and one man's search for faith, love, and redemption.</p> <p>"John Gregory Brown is a writer I've long admired, and this new novel is his best book yet. <i>A Thousand Miles from Nowhere</i> is a marvelous depiction of one man's stumbling journey from despair toward a hard-won redemption." —Ron Rash</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Brown, John Gregory. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/4575-1/2830767-AThousandMilesFromNowhere.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=44bf6fca-31ec-4d38-a643-8da38439f449&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/4575-1/2830767-AThousandMilesFromNowhere.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=44bf6fca-31ec-4d38-a643-8da38439f449&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)