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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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This Strange Evening Land

This Strange Evening Land

Ball, Tom McKinley

Hardcover

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $24.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 12, 2027

ISBN10: 159079561X
ISBN13: 9781590795613
Publisher: Select Books (NY)
Published: Jan 12 2027
Pages: 320
Language: English
This Strange Evening Land is a story set in the most remote and isolated realms of Appalachia, the world of the author's father, grandparents, and generations of great grandparents. Teenagers Leaf Ann Polk and her brother, Ezra, live alone in the back-woods hollow where they were raised, on the farm they inherited when their mother died. Their father, Clydell Payne, and his identical twin brother, Cas, had left the county years ago and never returned after their tours of duty in Vietnam. Cas was listed MIA, and it is believed throughout the county that he perished in the war. But Cas survived. Claiming to be Clydell, he returns to Laurel County and attempts to finagle ownership of the Polk land, threatening to displace Leaf Ann and Ezra. A social worker, Emma Rae Payne, is assigned the case. She befriends the Polks and discovers Leaf Ann to possess an uncanny intuition, bordering on clairvoyance-- or, as discovered later in the story, on the supernatural. Emma Rae struggles as she finds herself torn between the Polks and the man assumed to be their father. She falls for the man's wiles and unknowingly plays a role in the tragedy that unfolds, while becoming forever changed by her friendship with Leaf Ann. As the novel closes, Cas's true identity is revealed. Emma Rae's transformation peaks as she grows closer to Leaf Ann and discovers an inner strength that she never knew she possessed. It is a story of finding light amid the darkness, spiritual hope amid the ruins.

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