Red Sun in Morning: A Novel - Softcover

Kemp, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615678262 ISBN 13: 9780615678269

Publisher: Constant Reader Press, 2012

Synopsis

In summer 1944, while the allies invade Europe, America buzzes with activity. On a sharecropper farm near Bennettsville, SC, a family of seven struggles to deal with the changing world. The landowner cheats Daddy; Mama’s legs are giving out; Frances discovers that the soldiers and sailors open the world to her; TJ is gay and wants to move to a big city; Jimmy, the young narrator, sees that the world is getting much bigger as he fantasizes about the war and becoming a photographer; Irene is a child, but the farm is not for her; Lawrence wants to stay, but the war catches him in its claws. Six of them want desperately to get off the farm, while one wants nothing more than to stay right where he is. But at what cost?

About this title

About the Author:

The idea of this book started with two thoughts—what was it like for one of Rick's uncles growing up gay during World War II on a South Carolina farm, and what does it take to make a family come of age? Rick Kemp is a graduate of the master’s creative writing programs at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Miami. He is an Associate Professor in creative writing and literature at the University of Maryland University College, as well as the creative writing chair. His publications include short stories, poems, essays, and articles in various print and online venues. His awards include the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics among many others; he is a James A. Michener Fellow, and a member of AWP, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. He lives in Lake Linganore, Maryland with his wife, Tabitha, and four children—Tristen, Aiden, Linnea, and Evan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Constant Reader Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0615678262
• ISBN 13: 9780615678269
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246