Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
La Soledad: A Billy Straw Novel

La Soledad: A Billy Straw Novel

Weaver, Richard

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1535235438
ISBN13: 9781535235433
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 12 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Billy Straw's in real trouble. He's returned from war a broken man. He's arrested for rioting at a Veterans Job Fair. He associates with two brothers, criminals and becomes involved with anti-war radicals which draws the attention of the FBI. He can't hold a job or a relationship together. But it wasn't always like that. Once a deeply religious pre-teen, he and his mother's acts of mercy toward a forgotten immigrant family at a hovel dubbed Weedtown sets the stage for his return seventeen years later. His high ideals to serve God and his country get corrupted amid the chaos of war. Back home the ghosts of war, court martial and imprisonment haunt him. He turns to his only family, his elderly Aunt Clara. She gives him a home and her unconditional love. His naive attempts to redeem himself in acts of charity end in utter failure. Mentally unstable, he turns to crime and the road retraces his bitter return to Weedtown and a struggle to the death

Also in

General Fiction

View All