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Download the watch own app and access own anytime, anywhere. For a curious boy like jess hall, growing up in marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grownups. His first novel, a land more kind than home, won the cwa john creasey new blood dagger award for best first novel 2012. Deep in the heart of western north carolina lies marshall, a quiet mountain town where people believe in protecting their ownespecially if they harbor secrets. May 08, 2012 in the harrowing opening scene of wiley cashs compelling first novel, a land more kind than home, the minister at the river road church of christ in signs following takes up a copperhead. A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of john hart and tom franklin, a land more kind than home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western north carolina town for a curious boy like jess hall, growing up in marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grownups. A kind of freedom, sextons debut novel, was a 2017 national book award. April 17, 2012 up beyond asheville, near where gunter mountain falls into tennessee, evil has come to preach in a house of worship where venomous snakes and other poisons are sacraments. April 17, 2012 up beyond asheville, near where gunter mountain falls into tennessee, evil has come to. Apr 17, 2012 a land more kind than home by wiley cash. A land more kind than home is the story of faith and belief gone wrong, a community that follows a false prophet even when his methods lead to the deaths of members of their community. A native of north carolina, he has held residency positions at yaddo and the macdowell colony, and is the writerin. Wiley cash is the awardwinning and new york times bestselling author of a land more kind than home and the acclaimed this dark road to mercy.
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