{"product_id":"loud-water-robby-henson-9781971751245","title":"Loud Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eEight years into a 15-year sentence, Crit Poppwell finally discovered something he was good at, besides destroying his family and abusing drugs. He found art. The solitary act of drawing, painting and creating brings a calmness and separation from the prison chaos. A dreadlocked Dominican nun who teaches art classes behind-bars encourages Crit to paint \u003cem\u003ethe \"truth in things.\" \u003c\/em\u003eShe even helps him parole out, back to \"bloody\" Breathitt County where his brother is the reigning crystal meth kingpin and his ex-wife wants him dead for an unforgivable past crime that haunts his every heartbeat forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrit returns to his Appalachian hometown with ringing tinnitus in his ear from a prison brawl, and a desire to change his DNA. But he soon meets a hot-mess substance abuser and her son, and his reluctant, then fully committed desire to help her puts him in the crosshairs of his brother's wrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Crit flush the past from his blood and bones and use his newfound creativity to change his life and save others? Or die trying?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical acclaim for LOUD WATER: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Robby Henson's prose crackles with the raw-boned, rough-edged hardness of the Eastern Kentucky landscape, intensely capturing the desperate victims seeking to escape its unforgiving hold...whether through an act of redemption or an act of revenge. A visceral Southern Gothic Noir.\" -Charles Edward Pogue, screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDragonheart\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePsycho III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sins of the past litter the backroads of rural Kentucky in this powerful Southern Gothic noir. Redemption is a hard thing to come by. Henson writes like William Faulkner's Kentucky cousin and reminds us what great writing really looks like.\" -John Morrissey, producer of \u003cem\u003eAmerican History X\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHavoc\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThere Are No Saints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant noir debut with a bittersweet ending.\" -Jim Winter, author of the Holland Bay series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eLoud Water \u003c\/em\u003eby Robby Henson grabs you by the collar and yanks you into rural Kentucky on a head-over-heels tumbled journey of crime, redemption, and hard-scrabble characters. Henson has produced some of the most stylized writing I've ever read, a perfect match for the rocky countryside he describes.\" -Jack Getze, author of \u003cem\u003eMaking Hearts \u003c\/em\u003eand other novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robby Henson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971751243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971751245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crimson Gate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d","brand":"Robby Henson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517118394623,"sku":"9781971751245","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bba83cc-f674-44c7-8a60-b94b5b0a0f2f.jpg?v=1778730023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loud-water-robby-henson-9781971751245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}