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A darkly insightful evocation of the post-industrial era, Joy, PA tells the story of a family teetering on the precipice of ruin. The Augenbaughs live in a broken and decaying town where the last vestiges of country-club wealth run up against the terrible realities of working-class poverty. Abigail, a fervent believer in the apocalyptic teachings of a radio preacher, is desperate to save her son from Judgment Day as she readies herself for the Rapture-due to arrive in just a few days. Her husband, Burns, has moved to the basement to live out his days in a medicated stupor, unable to cope with memories of his service in Iraq. Caught between the suffering of his mother and father, ten-year-old Willie fights the inherited demons that have savaged his parents' tenuous grasp on reality. The somber drama surrounding the Augenbaughs plays out with a piercing and commanding lyrical beauty. Both transfixing and disconcerting, Steven Sherrill's empathetic portrait of alienation elicits hope and sympathy amidst shattered but no-less-dignified lives.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Joy, PA
• Subtitle: A Novel
• Author: Steve Sherrill
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780807159569
• ISBN: 0807159565
• ID: 09360505
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Weight: 333 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. February 2015

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