After Eli - Hardcover

Kay, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395308542 ISBN 13: 9780395308547

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1981

Synopsis

In the Nahella Valley of Appalachia, a rumor is whispered about a man named Eli Pettit and the small fortune in stolen money he supposedly hid on his farm before disappearing, leaving a wife, daughter and sister-in-law to tend the land and guard the money - if the money even exists. It is a rumor Michael O'Rear cannot resist. A wandering actor from the remnants of the Chautauqua circuit, gifted with Irish gab and charm, he arrives ready to perform his last and most horrific role - that of a murderer. Yet, it is not simple theater for Michael. In the Appalachia of 1939, he is a stranger in a region that does not easily accept strangers. He first must ingratiate himself to the three women of the Pettit home - Eli's wife, Rachel; his daughter, Sarah; and Rachel's sister, Dora, and then he must curry favor with the townspeople of Yale. For Michael, it becomes an exhilarating performance, acted with patience and with the cunning persuasion of dreamy - often outlandish - tales. One by one, he entices the cast of his drama to embrace him and to do his bidding, but in the wake of his presence, he leaves an imprint of physical and emotional terror that scars everyone who becomes mesmerized by him. Still, in this tantalizing story of deception and senseless slaughter, of threat and fear, it is the powerful instinct for survival that eventually drops the curtain on Michael O'Rear and restores the quiet secrets of the Nahella Valley to those who know them.

About this title

About the Author:

TERRY KAY is the author of seven books, including To Dance With the White Dog, After Eli, and To Whom the Angel Spoke: A Story of the Christmas. To Dance With the White Dog was made into an Emmy Award-winning Hallmark Hall of Fame production, the highest rated television movie of 1993 and the last film to co-star husband-and-wife team Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0395308542
• ISBN 13: 9780395308547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271