{"product_id":"a-year-without-months-paperback","title":"A Year Without Months - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dodd White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful, powerful book. Read it and be changed.\"--Jim Minick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvoiding easy sentiment and cliché, White's transformative language drives toward renewal. \u003ci\u003eA Year without Months\u003c\/i\u003e introduces lively and memorable characters, as the author draws on a wide range of emotions to analyze everything, including himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvoiding easy sentiment and cliché, White's transformative language drives toward renewal. \u003ci\u003eA Year without Months\u003c\/i\u003e introduces lively and memorable characters, as the author draws on a wide range of emotions to analyze everything, including himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.95 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098335023239,"sku":"9781952271526","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a4e93d76411ddbd2cfc33b265ac8da79.webp?v=1732362118","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-year-without-months-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}