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34%OFFMelissa Scholes Young - Flood: A Novel - 9781478970781 - V9781478970781
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Flood: A Novel

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Description for Flood: A Novel Hardback. In this contemporary debut novel, a young woman who--like Mark Twain--fled her hometown of Hannibal, Missouri must return to face the secrets she left behind. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Nothing could hold back the Mississippi that summer. Jackson Island, which jutted up out of the river as an overgrown sand bar, was completely submerged. The island, immortalized by Mark Twain, wasn't very big to begin with, though Huckleberry Finn and Jim found it to be plenty. Water was what people talked about, worried over, and watched. Upstream and downstream, levees busted by force and sabotage. The river's to blame. When you grow up on the banks in Hannibal, Missouri, you need an escape route. You never know when the water is going to rise and you have to run. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781478970781
SKU
V9781478970781
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About Melissa Scholes Young
Melissa Scholes Young was born and raised in Hannibal, Missouri and still proudly claims it as her hometown. Her writing has appeared in the Atlantic,Washington Post, Narrative, Ploughshares, Poets & Writers, and other literary journals. She teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. FLOOD is her first novel.

Reviews for Flood: A Novel
Flood is my favorite kind of novel - characters you care deeply about from the moment you meet them in a story of class, family, and love that is both timeless and of the moment. With a feminist twist Melissa Scholes Young has given us a sparkling addition to literary works inspired by Mark Twain - a modern classic to ... Read more

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