{"product_id":"loud-water-paperback","title":"Loud Water - 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\u003eRobby Henson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years into a 15-year sentence, Crit Poppwell finally discovered something he was good at, besides destroying his family and abusing drugs. He found art. The solitary act of drawing, painting and creating brings a calmness and separation from the prison chaos. A dreadlocked Dominican nun who teaches art classes behind-bars encourages Crit to paint \u003cem\u003ethe \"truth in things.\" \u003c\/em\u003eShe even helps him parole out, back to \"bloody\" Breathitt County where his brother is the reigning crystal meth kingpin and his ex-wife wants him dead for an unforgivable past crime that haunts his every heartbeat forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrit returns to his Appalachian hometown with ringing tinnitus in his ear from a prison brawl, and a desire to change his DNA. But he soon meets a hot-mess substance abuser and her son, and his reluctant, then fully committed desire to help her puts him in the crosshairs of his brother's wrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Crit flush the past from his blood and bones and use his newfound creativity to change his life and save others? Or die trying?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical acclaim for LOUD WATER: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Robby Henson's prose crackles with the raw-boned, rough-edged hardness of the Eastern Kentucky landscape, intensely capturing the desperate victims seeking to escape its unforgiving hold...whether through an act of redemption or an act of revenge. A visceral Southern Gothic Noir.\" -Charles Edward Pogue, screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDragonheart\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePsycho III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sins of the past litter the backroads of rural Kentucky in this powerful Southern Gothic noir. Redemption is a hard thing to come by. Henson writes like William Faulkner's Kentucky cousin and reminds us what great writing really looks like.\" -John Morrissey, producer of \u003cem\u003eAmerican History X\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHavoc\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThere Are No Saints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant noir debut with a bittersweet ending.\" -Jim Winter, author of the Holland Bay series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLoud Water \u003c\/em\u003eby Robby Henson grabs you by the collar and yanks you into rural Kentucky on a head-over-heels tumbled journey of crime, redemption, and hard-scrabble characters. Henson has produced some of the most stylized writing I've ever read, a perfect match for the rocky countryside he describes.\" -Jack Getze, author of \u003cem\u003eMaking Hearts \u003c\/em\u003eand other novels\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757307834617,"sku":"9781971751245","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cCykWJ8_rM9781971751245.webp?v=1785946293","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/loud-water-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}