Jim the Boy A Novel

A fatherless ten-year-old boy comes of age in a Depression-era, southern farming community in this charming and humorous debut novel. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "Rich and satisfying . . . A novel that perfectly captures the innocence and confusion and wonder of childhood." — Chicago Tribune Hailed as one of those rare works with the power to enchant readers of all ages, this luminous novel tells the story of a boy growing up in a small North Carolina town during the Great Depression—at a time when America itself was young and struggling to come into its own. "Rich, knowing, pitch-perfect. . . . A swift, lovely book." — The New York Times "A dazzling first novel. . . . The apparent casualness of the plot masks extraordinary craft." — Newsweek A graceful, poignant story of a fatherless farm boy . . . Jim the Boy is the perfect antidote for the Virtual Age. It's subtle. It's stripped down. It's set close to the earth. . . . It's also daring and, often, laugh-out-loud funny." — Austin American-Statesman