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A Land More Kind Than Home
A Land More Kind Than Home | Wiley Cash
A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina townFor a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed toan act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that a new understanding can bring not only a growing danger and evilbut also the possibility of freedom and deliverance as well.Told by three resonant and evocative charactersJess; Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience; and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful pastA Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. These are masterful portrayals, written with assurance and truth, and they show us the extraordinary promise of this remarkable first novel.
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Lcsmcat
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Mini book haul from a trip to Circle City Books in Pittsboro.

Graywacke Pretty covers 2y
Lcsmcat @Graywacke I know you shouldn‘t judge a book by its cover, but I confess to being swayed. 😂 2y
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Deblovestoread
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#BookReport The jumping time line made History of Loneliness hard to follow but I‘ll be thinking about it for awhile. 4 🌟 Loved being back in Bardugo‘s Grishaverse 4🌟 TJAS was a good read, too 4🌟

A Land More Kind Than Home. Too many snakes, plus snakes and religion. No can do. The was my #Bookspin.

#WeeklyForecast. Keep up with buddy reads and finish my 3 in progress and then who knows.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I love the buddy read section! 😉 3y
Cinfhen I enjoyed Migrations and 3y
Cinfhen Mike Jolett read the audio and he even sang sometimes/ it enhanced the memoir for me 3y
TheAromaofBooks Sorry to hear your BookSpin didn't pan out... but I'm not sure I'm eager to read about snakes, either!! 3y
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Deblovestoread
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August TBR is set with #BookspinBingo board and 5 free spaces for the inevitable impulse reads.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looks great!! 3y
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Coleen_Nieto
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#forevernovember @originalcyn620 @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Day 2!

I read this book several years ago and remember enjoying it.

OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 4y
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Jen2
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Pickpick

Fabulous audiobook!!!

Suzze The writing in this was amazing! 4y
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Christinak
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A friend recommended this to me for my #NorthCarolina read. This is beautifully written. I‘ve heard some complain it‘s too wordy but I think the author writes to illustrate the story. I could visualize so much. This is definitely tragic with a host of unsavory characters but still a great read. I‘ll be looking out for ore books by Wiley Cash.

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MallenNC
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Some “Home” titles #Homesick #AMonthofSongs

OriginalCyn620 Were these good? I haven‘t read any of them. 📚 5y
MallenNC @OriginalCyn620 Wiley Cash is one of my favorites and I always like Jennifer Wiener. The other one I haven‘t read but the movie Lion is based on it. The movie was good. 5y
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plemmdog
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My first Wiley Cash. I‘m a sucker for snake-handling Pentecostal villains, what can I say.

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TheRiehlDeal
Mehso-so

Didn't really care too much for this book. Felt like I was reading this just to finish it. The only good thing I can probably take from this book is the writing. I'll have to wait and see if Cash's other book, The Last Ballad, lives up to my expectations.

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TheRiehlDeal
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Nothing better than starting a new book with some ice cream.

#BookAndIceCream

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MallenNC
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A selection of books set in the Appalachian #Mountains

#AugustIsATrip @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 6y
vkois88 I've loved every Sharyn McCrumb book I've read (though it's admittedly few), and ADORE Songcatcher. 6y
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Tamra
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Sometimes long on detail, but overall a satisfying southern gothic tale to listen to. Definitely includes some creep factor relating to fanatical religion. The narrator‘s voice for the sheriff character is a perfect fit.

kyraleseberg I just finished reading this! It was a great southern gothic 👍 6y
Tamra @kyraleseberg “pastor” = shudder 6y
kyraleseberg @Tamra Yes, I literally said "ughhhh" out loud every time their mother referred to him as that. Scary to think there are charlatans out there exactly like that. 6y
SledgeReader @Tamra Cash is awesome! 6y
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Thenovellife
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So loving this southern gothic thriller and first read of 2018!

MMenefee Sounds good! And, I see his latest book is on sale for Kindle today. 7y
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LWagoner
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Great night at #greensborobound event with #wileycash and #bryantsimon

angel1 @LWagoner I just bought this book today at the hospice store. I haven‘t read any books by this author so I‘m looking forward to it!! 7y
LWagoner @angel1 You will not be disappointed! I recommend his other 2 as well. 7y
angel1 Ok thanks!! I love getting introduced to authors I haven‘t read before!! @LWagoner 7y
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Eggs
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Cruelty and innocence are often found together; in this novel it happens in a small North Carolina town.

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swishandflick
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PSA: Wiley Cash's debut is on sale for $1.99 on e-book! I loved this Southern Gothic 🙌🏽 #ebookdeals

Tamra This sounds great! I wish I were an e-reader. I will keep any eye out for a paper copy. Thanks for sharing! 7y
Reecaspieces Super book!! 7y
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Mamashep
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A couple of weeks ago I told you to grab up Cash's This Dark Road To Mercy when it was on sale. Now his debut is in sale and people, it will break your heart!

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MallenNC
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I'm using the #backyard prompt to share some of the great authors who live in my state of North Carolina. It's good to have so many talented writers here in my own backyard. I've seen all four of the authors pictured, (clockwise) Wiley Cash, Jill McCorkle, Clyde Edgerton, and Lee Smith, speak here in town. #sizzlinsummerbooks @Tiffy_Reads

alisiakae I also live in NC! You can add Megan Miranda to that list...she lives in my neighborhood. 😃 7y
MallenNC @4thhouseontheleft I didn't know that! There are so many more I could have included, but I didn't know she lived here. There are also a lot of NC natives who have moved to other places. Hello from NC! (edited) 7y
alisiakae Oh, and I also saw Lee Smith speak, when Guests on Earth was picked for a town community read! 7y
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alisiakae 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽😃 7y
MallenNC @4thhouseontheleft I liked that one. I saw her talk about it at Quail Ridge Books, and I also saw her when Dimestore came out. 7y
elkeOriginal I love Jill McCorkle! 7y
MallenNC @elkeo Me too! Have you ever seen the musical Good Ol' Girls? She wrote it with Lee Smith, and music is by Matraca Berg. It was performed here in Raleigh and then I saw a filmed version on our local PBS. 7y
elkeOriginal Nope - I will have to look for it! Plus I need to read her last book - still on my TBR shelf... 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 5! A debut thriller about 2 brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town. Jess is enormously protective of his older mute brother, Chris. Chris snoops and sees something he shouldn't have & their world irrevocably changes. Told from three characters' perspectives: Jess; the town midwife & moral conscience, Adelaide; and, Sheriff Clem, who has a painful past. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

alovely26 I enjoyed this one! 7y
MallenNC Love Wiley Cash. He's from NC like I am so I'm proud of him too. 7y
Hokey Love this book. Love the author's name. Wiley Cash, from North Carolina. Little swoon. 😜 7y
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swishandflick
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Pickpick

Great book! I'm by no means religious but this story centered around small town religious fanaticism and a heartbreaking crime really pulled me in. It's not really a whodunnit, but everything unfolds brilliantly with the use of alternating POVs (including a young boy who doesn't always understand what he's seeing). Also, Cash really nails the Southern atmosphere, I'm from NC and the accents and culture leap off the page 👌🏽

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled You liked it!!! YAY!! 🤗 7y
ReadingEnvy It doesn't hurt that he looks kind of like Robert Downey Jr in person 😚😁😝 7y
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swishandflick
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I'm about halfway through this Southern Gothic and it's breaking my heart but I can't put it down!

Shoutout to @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled who put this in my book exchange box 🙌🏽

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Im so glad youre liking it!!! 😀 7y
Lmstraubie Not related to this book, but I follow #bookfairies_usa and there are constantly books hidden in and around NYC & Brooklyn. I keep hoping you'll find one!!! 7y
ReadingEnvy I love his rotating pov's! 7y
swishandflick I need to keep a better lookout for them! 😄 @Lmstraubie 7y
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swishandflick
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Woohoo, thank you SO much for the thoughtful box, @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled !! I love everything, and can't wait to dive into the Voodoo chips while enjoying these books! And those Outlander bookmarks 😱 AND the Strand gift card?! 😱😱 Yay!

This was so much fun! Thanks again @BookishMarginalia ♥️

#summersantagoespostal

CouronneDhiver Ooo! Looks great 👍🏽 7y
Hollie Looks awesome! I loved 7y
Dweezlepip I used to get voodoo chips out of the vending machine in college. YUM! 7y
TrishB Lovely 💜 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Im so happy you like everything!! I had SO much fun picking out stuff for you! Enjoy! 7y
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Erinreadsthebooks
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I loved everything about this book, and I might've cried for a tiny moment. (Am I getting weaker as I age?!) The characters were true to small town NC, and Chambliss was a perfect representation of an overzealous leader who preys on people who follow blindly. This was my first Wiley Cash, and I developed quite the author crush. 💞📚 #givemeallthecashbooks

LeahBergen I liked this one, too! 👍🏼 7y
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Erinreadsthebooks
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If books had besties... #snakehandling #bffs

jlondon1963 Read Wiley Cash will need to check out the second book. 8y
LeahBergen They are both so good! 👍🏼 8y
Erinreadsthebooks @LeahBergen It was your post and comments (and that awesome hashtag 😃) that made me pick them up! Thank you for that! 8y
Erinreadsthebooks @jlondon1963 For me, snakes and those who willingly go near them are (simultaneously) fascinating and terrifying. Like a train wreck, I don't want to look but can't look away 😁 8y
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Erinreadsthebooks
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Ballpark reading

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DebinHawaii
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This happened this morning... 😬 For the health of my #TBR piles I should probably avoid the thrift store on my Saturday errand runs, but it is right by the grocery store & I like to look for inexpensive food photo props for blogging. Their book section is normally pretty small but today was a good day & I ended up with these six books for $8.50. Pretty much a steal-especially for the newer hardbacks in great condition. 👍📚 #thriftstorefinds

alisonrose I really enjoyed the Wiley Cash book! 8y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻 8y
hyacinth I really want to read that Roth book! It was discussed in a podcast I love and seems prescient. 🤐😍 8y
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Libby1 Helen Castor is amazing. 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled The Wiley Cash is good! 8y
DebinHawaii @alisonrose @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I have heard great things about it so I was excited to find it. 😀👍@Libby1 One of the volunteers at the shop said she loved it too! 👍📚 @hyacinth 50 cents! It sounds good & interesting to read in today's climate.😬 8y
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Mtroiano
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Ok, I loved this book.

Reecaspieces Great book and he is excellent at social media! 8y
ReadingEnvy I have seen him speak and I swear in person he looks a bit like Robert Downey Jr 8y
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Mtroiano
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I'm pretty sure this is my only #signed book.

#readjanuary

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Theresa
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Pickpick

Finished this audiobook today. All 3 narrators were great, but I really loved Lorna Raver & Mark Bramhall. I thought this was a really good story!

ReadingEnvy I think both books by Wiley have three pov's so I'm curious to see if book 3 doss too; 8y
ReadingEnvy (does and !) 8y
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JPeterson
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Read way back in the beginning of 2016, this is the first book that came to mind when I thought of a small town. I had even mentioned how it had taken place and centralized around a small town in the south. Excellent read, if not heartbreaking.
#smalltown #photoadaynov16

Cinfhen I chose this one too, such a beautiful read 8y
LeahBergen So good! 8y
JPeterson @Cinfhen @LeahBergen A friend had recommended this to me, and I'm so glad she did - this isn't my normal read, and probably wouldn't have picked it up on my own. 8y
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BkClubCare
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Four moon pies. This was a read for book club and I need to process my thoughts. A quick read that I wish was a longer book. I think this is a book I wish had MORE. It would have been fine to dig just a little deeper into each of the characters. The kid was great and it is his part that especially breaks the heart. 🏀💔⛈🚔☎️

BkClubCare Esther assisting. I wanted to find a snake emoji... 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I liked it too - it was powerful 8y
BethFishReads I liked it too 8y
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MrBook 😻 8y
Mamashep That book. It went places that completely took me by surprise. 8y
Sarahsbookshelves I want to read that! 8y
BkClubCare Found it! 🐍 8y
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BkClubCare
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Holy Moon Pies, Wiley! You put "pie" into the very first sentence of your book! Did you have any idea how hard I would fall in love on page 1?! Yowza. You've earned a special spot of distinction.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Love this book! Short and powerful. 8y
rivercityreading So so good. 8y
Soubhiville Mmmmmm, Bloody Mary? My favorite! 8y
BkClubCare Oh yea, @Soubhiville - the Bloody Mary just happened somehow. 8y
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JPeterson
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A book suggested by a dear friend, it was my first book in 2016 and no regrets. A powerful story of a small town, a young boy and his brother, and the secrets no one wants to talk about.

How do you solve a crime when no one is even willing to admit that it happened?

brendanmleonard Great title! 8y
BookishFeminist I've never read any Wiley Cash & have always been interested. Thanks for the rec! 8y
JPeterson @brendanmleonard And it fits in so well with the book! @BookishFeminist This was my first Cash book as well, and I was throughly impressed 8y
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Tara.Smart
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The best book I read this year. I can't believe I left this on my TBR for so long! #fav

RadicalReader @Tara.Smart be sure to check out The Girl Before by JP Delaney 7y
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djm001
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Southern tragedy at its finest! Follow along with Jess Hall, a young boy growing up in rural North Carolina. One day he and his brother decide to snoop in on a local church gathering. What happens next sends the story into a spiraling dark thriller.

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