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The Caretaker
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The Caretaker
Set in a small Appalachian town, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honour and love
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"One of the great American authors at work today" — New York Times
It is 1951. The close-knit community of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, does not welcome those who are different.
Jacob Hampton's wealthy parents disinherited him when he married Naomi, an uneducated hotel maid from out of town. They had bigger plans for him.
Now Jacob has been called up to fight in Korea, leaving a pregnant Naomi behind. The only person he can entrust to take care of her is his lifelong friend, Blackburn Gant. Blackburn, who tends the local cemetery alone, is an outsider too, his appearance irrevocably altered by childhood disease. Slowly the two outcasts grow closer, their friendship blooming under small acts of kindness.
Then, as they await news of Jacob's return, a terrible, shattering act of deception derails all their lives. But no secret can stay hidden forever.
Tender and luminous with truth, The Caretaker is a riveting story about the bonds of friendship, the contradictions of family, and what it really means to love.
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The Caretaker by Ron Rash has been praised for its compelling characters and a vividly depicted sense of place, typical of Rash's work. Noted for its intricate plot and exquisite prose, the novel combines suspense and melodrama with realism, capturing the essence of the Appalachian landscape and the complex motivations of its characters. Reviewers highlight the novel's ability to draw readers in with its evocative storytelling and humanitarian themes.
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ISBN: 9781805301653
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 November 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 144.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 388g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Ron Rash is the author of the PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and New York Times-bestselling novel Serena, in addition to the critically acclaimed novels The Risen, Above the Waterfall, The Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River and The World Made Straight; five collections of poems; and seven collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, Nothing Gold Can Stay, a New York Times bestseller, and Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN/Faulkner Award. Three times the recipient of the O. Henry Prize and winner of the 2014 Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, he teaches at Western Carolina University.www.ronrashwriter.com
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