Clyde Edgerton Books

Clyde Edgerton is celebrated as a leading novelist within the Southern literary tradition, frequently compared to masters like Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. While his narratives often tackle adult themes such as marriage, aging, birth, and death, they are profoundly centered on family. Through an endearing cast of eccentric characters, Edgerton delves into the intricacies of family life. His characters, possessing numerous flaws alongside considerable virtues, are so likable that readers feel a desire to share coffee, pie, and conversation with them. Drawing heavily on the storytelling heritage of the rural South, Edgerton, who grew up in North Carolina's Piedmont, imbues his novels with the authentic voice of a region where family narratives were a vital form of connection and entertainment.

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"Wonderful...Clyde Edgerton tells us another of his lovely tall tales." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW Listre, North Carolina, is jumping. The Sears twins, Ted and Ned, who run a Baptist college, have opened Nutrition House for overweight Christians. Meanwhile their Project Promise is busy matching the educationally disadvantaged with wayward youth who want to share their talents. Enter Wesley Benfield, a prime candidate for Project Promise, with a special place in his heart for Baptist songwriting, preaching, and a wide, iron-pumping girl over at the Nutrition House. The Lord only knows where Wesley will go from here.... From the Paperback edition.
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