{"product_id":"brother-odell-gets-the-call-herman-myrick-9781735818672","title":"Brother Odell Gets the Call to Preach: Book of Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book of short stories follows two young brothers and their musically talented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecousins around the country town of Bennetts Crossroads from the 1940s to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresent. One brother graduates college, the other goes to work in the local cotton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emill. After Odell, the younger, hears a call to preach, a rift grows between them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euntil they are estranged for twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaunchy music, Burl Thompson's moonshine, and his seven uninhibited daughters, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emake for hilarious hijinks and leads one cousin to the cusp of fame but later, to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebittersweet disappointment and tragedy. Another cousin, nicknamed Uncle Flop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecause of his big ears, is haunted by PTSD. Following a hitch in Viet Nam, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncle Flop marries one of the \" Thompson girls\", spends seven years in prison for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shooting at the Buffalo River Bridge\" (Chapter 8) then disappears from Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCounty for two decades to avoid incarceration after another shooting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttempting to reconcile their differences, the two 70-year-old brothers camp out for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea weekend on the old farm where they grew up. Sparks fly as they hammer away at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeach other's wisdom on the crucial problems facing modern man: Truth, evil, war, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe environment, and, of course, religion. Before the camping trip is over, they reach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea truce, of sorts, and are able to play music together for the first time since their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyouth - which leads to an ending that warms the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a children's book. Beginning with Chapter 7, several stories deal with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadult situations that may include sexual content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a fiction writer, Herman Myrick has one goal: To create believable and entertaining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliterary stories that are true-to-life and worthy of the readers' time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wrote his first story in 1963 as a correspondence course assignment while\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworking the night shift in a textile mill. Since then, he has spent countless hours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudying writing at community colleges, at conferences and workshops, while always\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworking a full-time job. That first story, \" The Dry Spell\" was later published in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecollege magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was born near Biscoe, North Carolina in 1941 and grew up as one of eight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echildren on a one-horse farm six miles from the nearest town. He attended Biscoe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh School and Presbyterian Junior College, for one year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther books by Herman Myrick: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edispatches from the still small voice (book 1)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Diary of a Man Who Studied War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Myrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1735818674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735818672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MindStir Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Herman Myrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452767322367,"sku":"9781735818672","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ee8b4bd-7370-4fbd-8229-bbdecb804765.jpg?v=1761930351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brother-odell-gets-the-call-herman-myrick-9781735818672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}