- World War, 1914-1918, Fiction, Mute persons, Social isolation
Living deep within a cove in the Appalachians of North Carolina during World War I, Laurel Shelton finally finds the happiness she deserves in Walter, a mysterious stranger who is mute, but their love cannot protect them from a devastating secret.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and intimate.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Ron Rash
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061804199
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