A Matter of Blood: A Novel-in-Stories - Softcover

Turner, Kermit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1516893638 ISBN 13: 9781516893638

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Through the middle decades of the Twentieth Century a large Southern family struggles for economic security and social respectability. Hardships, disappointments and catastrophes, ranging from the father's alcoholism to an accidental gun death, threaten to overwhelm even the most determined and resilient members of the Cooke family. The Cookes, along with other inhabitants of their rural community, must cope not only with personal weaknesses and conflicts but also with the changing world around them: the southeastern United States as it evolves from an agricultural to an industrial economy-- a generational shift from farm to factory.

About this title

About the Author:

Kermit Turner has published fiction in various journals, including ROANOKE REVIEW, GREENSBORO REVIEW, PHYLON, PEMBROKE MAGAZINE, NC CROSSROADS, THOMAS WOLFE REVIEW and CHANGES. For his short stories he has received the Winthrop College Writers' Conference Chapbook Award and the Linda Flowers Literary Award from the North Carolina Humanities Council. His story "Masks," published in PHYLON, was listed in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES as one of the "Distinguished Stories" of the year, and his story "Pool" was runner-up for the 2012 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. He also has published a novel, REBEL POWERS, and a collection of narrative poems, SANDY RIDGE: Portrait of a Depression Family. A native North Carolinian and a retired English professor, Kermit Turner lives in Hickory, NC. His interests and activities include tennis, running, and the arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1516893638
• ISBN 13: 9781516893638
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330