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Awardwinning author Fred Chappell has so enraptured us with his rich storytelling he deserves to be counted among our national treasures Steeped in Appalachian culture and tradition this saga of a North Carolina family is a bewitching combination of wit humor and pathos

Jess Kirkmans mother is dying of congestive heart failure and he has come home to be at her bedside Charged with getting family affairs in order he faces the daunting task of sorting out the secret workshop that his father left behind when he died 10 years ago As he investigates
his findingsa map littered with the names of strange women and a strange invention of stovepipe and ceramicJess discovers an intriguing side of his father

A journey through space and time and the story of a quest for perfect revenge this shining novel in turn reads like Mark Twain Dante and Buck Rogers

This audiobook includes an exclusive interview with the author