A Parchment of Leaves - by Silas House (Paperback)

About the Book

In 1900s Kentucky, Saul Sullivan leaves his bride behind to seek work, and his brother steps in, with violent consequences.

Book Synopsis

In 1900s Kentucky, Saul Sullivan leaves his bride behind to seek work, and his brother steps in, with violent consequences.

Review Quotes

"Seamless...entrancing in the manner of a vivid dream." -Newsday

"Breathtaking for both its beauty and its pain...A superb combination of wonder and suffering." -Kirkus Review (starred review)

"A moving love story set against a stunningly beautiful background, and House seems to capture it all-the deep emotion, the love of land, the customs of mountain people-in quietly eloquent prose." -Booklist

"House has done it again. As he did in his stunning debut novel, Clay's Quilt, he has written a rich narrative that captures both the scenery of the southern Appalachian Mountains and the spirit of the people who live there." -BookPage

"Poignant, evocative." -Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Silas House is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, one book of creative nonfiction, and three plays. His writing has appeared frequently in the New York Times and has been published in Time, Newsday, Garden and Gun, Oxford American, and many other places. House is the winner of an E.B. White Award, the Nautilus Award, the Intellectual Freedom Prize from the National Council of Teachers of English, the Storylines Prize from the New York Public Library/NAV Foundation, and many other honors, as well as being long listed for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He teaches at Berea College and in the Spalding University School of Writing.