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OverviewIn this emotional debut, a New York executive, restless in his success, is sent to West Virginia, where a small-town girl and her son open his eyes to a richer life than he could have imagined. On the surface, Charlie Burden and Natty Oakes could not be more different: she, the daughter of many generations of rural farmers; he, an executive at a multinational engineering firm. But in each other they find the new lease on life they both so desperately need. Natty dreams of a life beyond her small town. She is unhappily married to her high school crush-who now spends more time at the bar than at home-and passes the time nursing retired miners, coaching her son's soccer team, and running the mountain trails she knows by heart, longing to get away from it all. Charlie has everything he ever thought he wanted, but after twenty-five years of climbing the corporate ladder, he no longer recognizes his own life: his job has become bureaucratic paper-pushing, his wife is obsessed with their country-club status, and his children have grown up and moved on. When he is sent to West Virginia to oversee a mining project, it is a chance to escape his stuffy life and to get involved, instead of watching from the sidelines. Arriving in Red Bone, though, he gets more than he bargained for: his new friends become the family he was missing, and Natty reminds him what happiness feels like. When his company's plans threaten to destroy Natty's family land, his loyalties are questioned, and he is forced to choose between his old life and his new love in a fight for Redemption Mountain. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerry Fitzgerald (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) , Mark BramhallPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781482912333ISBN 10: 1482912333 Pages: 15 Publication Date: 25 June 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsDavid and Goliath battle on the ugly field of Appalachian mountain-removal coal mining in this grim yet realistic, richly detailed first novel...A diverse cast of characters adds plenty of color and subplots that enrich the overall theme. -- Booklist Accomplished...FitzGerald, an advertising pro, adeptly sells the duo's unlikely romance...His compelling take on the behind-the-scenes politics driving the area's energy industries is eye-opening. -- Publishers Weekly Accomplished...FitzGerald, an advertising pro, adeptly sells the duo's unlikely romance...His compelling take on the behind-the-scenes politics driving the area's energy industries is eye-opening. -- Publishers Weekly David and Goliath battle on the ugly field of Appalachian mountain-removal coal mining in this grim yet realistic, richly detailed first novel...A diverse cast of characters adds plenty of color and subplots that enrich the overall theme. -- Booklist Author InformationGerry FitzGerald has been in advertising for nearly thirty years and owns an advertising agency in Springfield, Massachusetts. He holds a master's in journalism from the Medill School at Northwestern University and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, with his wife, Robin. Mark Bramhall has won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, more than thirty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has repeatedly been named by AudioFile magazine and Publishers Weekly among their Best Voices of the Year. He is also an award-winning actor whose acting credits include off-Broadway, regional, and many Los Angeles venues as well as television, animation, and feature films. He has taught and directed at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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