A far piece to Canaan
By: Sam Halpern
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780062233165
Subjects: Friendship; Fiction; Country life; Rural families; Widowers; Retired teachers; Reminiscing in old age; Grief in men; Grandfathers
Description: After his wife's death, retired professor Sam Zelinsky reluctantly returns to the Kentucky hills where he hopes to finally find peace in Canaan land by reaching out to the troubled granddaughter of a childhood friend who, after they both witnessed a terrible event, led a tragic life. --From Novelist.