A Piece of My Heart

Authors: Ford, Richard
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC019000, FIC043000, FIC039000
ISBN: 9780307779298, Related ISBNs: 0307779297, 0394729145, 9780307779298, 9780394729145
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable.

"This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle
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