Lick Creek

Brad Kessler

first published 2001 Scribner, 2001 299 pages

"Set in the remote mining country of West Virginia in the late twenties, Lick Creek is the story of a fiery young woman, Emily Jenkins, and what happens when progress - and tragedy - comes to her family's farm. Brad Kessler has a generous and keen eye for natural landscape and its power in human life. In his first novel, he explores the complex intersections of faith, tradition, and innovation.". "After the coal min...

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Lick Creek edition · 2003 · Tandem Library · 9780613683579
Lick Creek edition · 2003 · Ulverscroft · 9780708947739
Lick Creek paperback · 2002 · Scribner · 304 pages · 9780743217750
Lick Creek edition · 2001 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 304 pages · 9780349113654
Lick Creek edition · 2001 · Scribner · 299 pages

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