Description
"A beautiful, powerful book. Read it and be changed."--Jim Minick
This collection of fourteen essays by Charles Dodd White--praised by Silas House as "one of the best prose stylists of Appalachian literature"--explores the boundaries of family, loss, masculinity, and place. Contemplating the suicides of his father, uncle, and son, White meditates on what it means to go on when seemingly everything worth living for is lost. What he discovers is an intimate connection to the natural world, a renewed impulse to understand his troubled family history, and a devotion to following the clues that point to the possibility of a whole life.
Avoiding easy sentiment and cliché, White's transformative language drives toward renewal. A Year without Months introduces lively and memorable characters, as the author draws on a wide range of emotions to analyze everything, including himself.
Author: Charles Dodd White
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 05/01/2022
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.95h x 4.96w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781952271526
ISBN10: 1952271525
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- History | United States | State & Local | General
About the Author
Charles Dodd White is the recipient of the Chaffin Award and the Appalachian Book of the Year Award for his fiction. He teaches English at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.