num_pages: 600
description: A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate Selection Coal Run is a community of ghosts and memories, where a mining explosion that caused the deaths of so many men and the transformation of their families still reverberates a generation later. Driven by the same raw energy, humor, suspense, and compassion for a place and way of life so evident in O'Dell's New York Times bestseller Back Roads, Coal Run is a story about letting go of the goals of greatness for the ordinary grace of good work, family love, and acceptance of where you come from.
language: English
title: Coal Run
titlecomplete: Coal Run
characters: Ivan Zoschenko, Chastity Morrison, Val Claypool, John Harris (Raynor), Jolene Zoschenko, Bobbie Raynor, Resse Raynor, Mike Muchmore, Jess Raynor
genres: Fiction, Family, Football, American, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2110
places: Coal Run
publisher: Thorndike Press