Carry Up My Bones - Hardcover
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This graphic rendering of a week in the life of an 11-year-old Oklahoma boy is a far cry from Jackson's ( Control ) suspense novels. Yet the Depression-era family tale begins with an act of violence. Kiley's 72-year-old grandfather, tyrannical and irascible cabdriver Emory Jerome Still, is beaten and bloodied by a drunk passenger. Several of Still's intemperate sons, murder in their hearts, go hunting for the attacker. Kiley is a remarkably sophisticated observer; his musings on the love he and his grandfather share; on the limits of that love; on the nature of fear, pride and revenge, bring a decidedly literate and multidimensional touch to the circumstances that reshape his extended family. The events are explicitly detailed, ranging from Kiley's stubborn refusal to be ``saved'' by a pompous preacher to his bloody fistfight with a brutish older cousin. The ultimate confrontation with his grandfather's attacker, vividly seen through Kiley's keen, analytic eye, nearly results in a murder. This unvarnished yet affectionate coming-of-age tale is laced with pungent vernacular. Jackson, the book review editor for the Tulsa World , takes a warm but unsentimental look at the tightening of family bonds.
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- PublisherCouncil Oaks Distribution
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 093303136X
- ISBN 13 9780933031364
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. David Carman (illustrator). 1st Edition. Publisher: Council Oak Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the Title Page. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (stained on the front and back covers and the top corner of one page is folded). Dust jacket is in very good condition (small tears at the creases of the inside flaps of the front and back covers, residue on the inside flaps of the front and back covers and edge wear). Brodart protected. 208 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of a family who stayed in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 8107
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Carry up My Bones
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The spine leans slightly. The jacket has a tiny, closed tear at the head of the spine, Nice, clean copy, Autographed by the author on the title page. Story of a family who stayed in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 01432
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