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Overview"""Joe Edd Morris has honed a bullet aimed directly at the heart and soul of the reader."" -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence ""Torched is a gripping novel of forbidden love, and friendship across racial divides."" -IndieReader Approved Torched finds Sam Ransom at his first pastoral appointment in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the summer of '64. At a civil rights rally, he is reunited with two friends from his childhood. His decision to join their efforts to rebuild a black church torched by nightriders sets all three on a collision course with the Klan and two grisly murders. The story is about interracial friendship and romance, the ultimate sacrifice, atonement and redemption." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joe Edd MorrisPublisher: Black Rose Writing Imprint: Black Rose Writing Edition: Full Jacket ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781944715601ISBN 10: 1944715606 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 21 May 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA highly recommended, riveting tale of interracial friendship and love and the challenges they incite, written with an authentic Southern flair. -Sublime Book Review A magnificent tale of race and romance that speaks to us today more than ever. -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue Rat Prose in the skilled hands of Joe Edd Morris is powerful, lyrical...almost like reading poetry. -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence Joe Edd Morris is a lifelong Mississippian with a true gift of telling a good story. -Gerald Walton, author of The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History A magnificent tale of race and romance that speaks to us today more than ever. -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue Rat Prose in the skilled hands of Joe Edd Morris is powerful, lyrical...almost like reading poetry. -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence Joe Edd Morris is a lifelong Mississippian with a true gift of telling a good story. -Gerald Walton, author of The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History Author InformationJoe Edd Morris is the author of the novels Land Where My Fathers Died, The Last Page, The Prison and nonfiction works including Revival of the Gnostic Heresy: Fundamentalism and Ten Things I Wish Jesus Hadn't Said. His short fiction has appeared in literary journals with a nomination for the Pushcart Prize. Morris is a retired United Methodist minister and psychologist. He and his wife, Sandi, live in Tupelo, MS Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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