Virginia | Virginia
Mar.25.2013
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...
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Oct.12.2009
The award-winning stories that make up this linked collection showcase ordinary men and women in and around Rugglesville, Virginia, as they struggle to find places and identities in their families and the community. They experience natural disasters, a sun-worshipping cult, Vietnam flashbacks,...
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Oct.30.2008
From Kirkus Reviews
An emotional portrait of a father and son relationship--in a second novel from the author of The Outskirts (1988). Rather like Larry Woiwode, Stark gets by on minimal plotting, instead allowing modulations in mood, and passionate exchanges between characters, to advance his...
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Sep.16.2008
Nathaniel and Richard are excited when Captain John Smith hires them as laborers aboard a ship bound for the New World. Nat believes they will discover gold and become wealthy landowners, and never had to rely on anyone again. Instead, they find that Virginia is a world of both beauty and terrible...
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Sep.09.2008
Winner of England's Bram Stoker Award, Massie's novel is a convincing and original story about the potential horrors of backwoods religious fervor. Young Joel Barker lives with a special stigma: his father, Avery, is the "sineater," chosen by their Blue Ridge Mountain religious sect to...
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Sep.08.2008
The isolated ancestral home of a beautiful young artist hides a terrifying secret.
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