num_pages: 308
description: A Faithful Son is an award winning dazzling debut and genre-defying novel. This captivating coming of age tale chronicles the life of Zach Nance a young man struggling to find his place in an ever-shifting world and the zany cast of local characters who help him come to an understanding of himself and the secret he harbors. The small town of Durango Colorado provides the rural backdrop for Garvin's masterful novel. A hunky traveling carnie an eccentric gaggle of pious church spinsters a flirty drag queen and Jesus Christ himself all make appearances within the pages of this endearing novel. After tragedy befalls the Nance's Zach's close-knit family unravels. He vows to protect his beloved mother and sister from the fallout of his troubled father's choices -- forcing young Zach to redefine his loyalties his faith and his own destiny. A beautiful and heartrending tale in the grand tradition of To Kill A Mockingbird and The Help. A Faithful Son captures life's bittersweet journey through lost innocence sacrifice and self-discovery treating readers to a compassionate story of enduring hope.
language: English
title: A Faithful Son
publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform