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Seek the Living

by Ashley Warlick

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Publisher Comments:

A bluesy new novel from a favorite young Southern writer, Seek the

Living "is a deeply wise and sensual rumination on the hard secrets

of love and family" (Stewart O'Nan).

Since her mother's death, Joan Patee has kept the peace between her wayward brother, Denny, and her strong-willed father. At her own crossroads—her marriage strained and her desire to have a child overpowering—Joan discovers that Denny has become embroiled in a perilous

moneymaking scheme involving artifacts in unmarked graves possibly

dating back to the Civil War. As the hidden history of Joan's town collides

with her own hidden history of a passionate affair, secrets threaten to

devastate everyone closest to her heart.

Synopsis:

Since her mothers death, Joan Patee has kept the peace between her wayward brother, Denny, and her strong-willed father. Now confronted with her own troubles—a marriage strained by distance and the desire to have a child—Joan discovers that Denny is far worse off than she imagined. He's hatched a moneymaking scheme involving artifacts found in unmarked graves that may date to the Civil War. Pulled between the family she has and the one she would like to begin, Joan is drawn into a spiral of shady dealings and peculiar town secrets, some dangerously close to her heart.

Synopsis:

Acclaimed for creating young women of passion and spirit, Warlick lends her lyrical southern voice to Joan Patee, who is desperate to start a new family while trying to hold her own together.
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About the Author

Ashley Warlick is the youngest recipient of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, for The Distance from the Heart of Things, published when she was twenty-three.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780618711987
Subtitle:
A Novel
Author:
Warlick, Ashley
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2006
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
July 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
7.90x5.96x.68 in. .63 lbs.
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Product details 256 pages Mariner Books - English 9780618711987 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by ,
Since her mothers death, Joan Patee has kept the peace between her wayward brother, Denny, and her strong-willed father. Now confronted with her own troubles—a marriage strained by distance and the desire to have a child—Joan discovers that Denny is far worse off than she imagined. He's hatched a moneymaking scheme involving artifacts found in unmarked graves that may date to the Civil War. Pulled between the family she has and the one she would like to begin, Joan is drawn into a spiral of shady dealings and peculiar town secrets, some dangerously close to her heart.
"Synopsis" by , Acclaimed for creating young women of passion and spirit, Warlick lends her lyrical southern voice to Joan Patee, who is desperate to start a new family while trying to hold her own together.
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