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The Old Invisible
Paperback
Publisher: Cowboy Jamboree Press
Published: May 12 2026
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Discover the origins of Appalachian witch, Sister Hall...
In The Old Invisible a gravely ill Appalachian girl named Ava Hall inherits an ancient power from a reclusive healer. With it she begins to understand, and reshape, the unseen forces binding land, people, and fate.
Sheldon Lee Compton is the definition of what Faulkner meant when he described the closeness between the short story writer and the poet.
-David Joy, author of Those We Thought We Knew
Sheldon Lee Compton is a hillbilly Bukowski, one of the grittiest writers to come down the pike since Larry Brown.
-Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff and The Devil All the Time
One of the new young breed of Kentucky writers-talented, fearless, and strong-bringing us word from the hills.
-Chris Offutt, author of Kentucky Straight
Cowboy Jamboree Pressgood grit lit.
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