Heading Out to Wonderful
By Robert Goolrick
(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Hardcover, 9781565129238, 296pp.)
Publication Date: June 2012
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Compact Disc, Paperback
Categories: Historical - General
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the June 2012 Indie Next List“True to what you'd expect from the author of A Reliable Wife, Goolrick's characters are enigmatic, imperfect, and do not behave according to society's dictates. The romance that erupts between Sylvan Glass, an unschooled country girl with dreams of Hollywood, and Charlie Beale, a newcomer to town, will change everyone in town in unexpected ways, most of all young Sam who bears witness to their fiery, ill-fated affair. A great read!”
-- Connie Brooks, Battenkill Books, Cambridge, NY
Description
It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the Valley of Virginia. All he has with him are two suitcases: one contains his few possessions, including a fine set of butcher knives; the other is full of money. A lot of money. Heading Out to Wonderful is a haunting, heart-stopping novel of love gone terribly wrong in a place where once upon a time such things could happen.
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