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The Old Place - Couverture souple

Boyd, Danny

 
9781403341808: The Old Place
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 140334180X ISBN 13 : 9781403341808
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

'Maybe the standards we come up with sometimes got more to do with what we're afraid of instead of what we claim to believe.' That's Cal Stewart's conclusion in The Old Place, a novel about the elderly former rancher overcoming bitterness and prejudice befriending social outcasts in a small, dying Texas oil town.Grieving for his dead wife, Cal is alone and bereft of a ranch he was forced to leave when a nosy, pestering little boy draws him into the lives of his socially outcast neighbors. Cal also reluctantly comes to the aid of an African-American family. His reputation is tainted by talk of him socializing with thugs and being romantically involved with an African-American waitress. Meanwhile, the estranged son of his former ranch partner returns to Leeray and there are rumors of drugs and a gang in town.Cal is ashamed of his associations and yearns for his days on the Old Place. Soon, he abandons his self-pity and old dispositions and faces the townspeople after a tragedy costs more than he could have imaged.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

'Maybe the standards we come up with sometimes got more to do with what we're afraid of instead of what we claim to believe.' That's Cal Stewart's conclusion in The Old Place, a novel about the elderly former rancher overcoming bitterness and prejudice befriending social outcasts in a small, dying Texas oil town.Grieving for his dead wife, Cal is alone and bereft of a ranch he was forced to leave when a nosy, pestering little boy draws him into the lives of his socially outcast neighbors. Cal also reluctantly comes to the aid of an African-American family. His reputation is tainted by talk of him socializing with thugs and being romantically involved with an African-American waitress. Meanwhile, the estranged son of his former ranch partner returns to Leeray and there are rumors of drugs and a gang in town.Cal is ashamed of his associations and yearns for his days on the Old Place. Soon, he abandons his self-pity and old dispositions and faces the townspeople after a tragedy costs more than he could have imaged.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dan Boyd has been a professional writer for fifteen years, most recently in corporate communications and public relations for a financial services company. Previously, he worked as a newspaper and wire service journalist who covered public affairs, business and sports in western Texas and Oklahoma. Set in Texas, The Old Place is his first novel and is influenced by his faith, an appreciation of rural sentiments, the history of the old Oil Belt west of Fort Worth and a respect for the liberty of individuals. Boyd grew up on a ranch in west-central Texas. His father was a ranch cowboy and his grandfather a rancher. He worked in construction and the oil fields as a young man before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a journalism degree. He currently lives in Oklahoma.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
140334180X
ISBN 13 
9781403341808
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
284
Coordonnées du fabricant
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