{"product_id":"a-thousand-miles-from-nowhere-paperback-1","title":"A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Gregory Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You have lost everything, yes?\" Everything? Henry thought; he considered the word. Had he lost everything? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fleeing New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Henry Garrett is haunted by the ruins of his marriage, a squandered inheritance, and the teaching job he inexplicably quit. He pulls into a small Virginia town after three days on the road, hoping to silence the ceaseless clamor in his head. But this quest for peace and quiet as the only guest at a roadside motel is destroyed when Henry finds himself at the center of a bizarre and violent tragedy. As a result, Henry winds up stranded at the ramshackle motel just outside the small town of Marimore, and it's there that he is pulled into the lives of those around him: Latangi, the motel's recently widowed proprietor, who seems to have a plan for Henry; Marge, a local secretary who marshals the collective energy of her women's church group; and the family of an old man, a prisoner, who dies in a desperate effort to provide for his infirm wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For his previous novels John Gregory Brown has been lauded for his \"compassionate vision of human destiny\" as well as his \"melodic, haunting, and rhythmic prose.\" With \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Miles From Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, he assumes his place in the tradition of such masterful storytellers as Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy, offering to readers a tragicomic tour de force about the power of art and compassion and one man's search for faith, love, and redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"John Gregory Brown is a writer I've long admired, and this new novel is his best book yet. \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Miles from Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous depiction of one man's stumbling journey from despair toward a hard-won redemption.\"-Ron Rash\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in New Orleans, \u003cb\u003eJohn Gregory Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDecorations in a Ruined Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAudubon's Watch\u003c\/i\u003e. For two decades he has taught and directed the creative writing program at Sweet Briar College, in Virginia, where he serves as the Julia Jackson Nichols Professor of English. He and his wife, the novelist Carrie Brown, have three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267020243193,"sku":"9780316302838","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/rk_izHnCmH9780316302838_dd27e13e-46f9-4220-a283-b7ddeb4ac434.webp?v=1768857884","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-thousand-miles-from-nowhere-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}