The Orchard Is Full of Sound: one author's connection with Breece D'J Pancake: a memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798439128341)

In this superb memoir Sheldon Lee Compton reflects on his own life, his struggles with poverty and divorce and violence and addiction and fatherhood and an early heart attack and trying to make it as a writer in rural Kentucky, all the while trying to trace the life and tragic ending of one of his literary heroes, Breece D'J Pancake. The book is part overcoming, part acceptance, part reflection on Appalachia and its stereotypes, part study in suicide among the creative. Compton seeks closure on Pancake's suicide when he travels to Pancake's last home, to the orchard where Pancake did the deed, and in doing so finds new perspective on the tragic events of his own life.

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Author: Sheldon Lee Lee Compton
ISBN-10: 8439128347
ISBN-13: 9798439128341
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2022
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d