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The Illusion of Simple

by Charles Forrest Jones
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Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award, Fiction

In a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dying economy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.

But like any town where people still breathe, there is also love and hope and the possibility of redemption. To flyover folks, Ewing County appears nothing more than a handful of empty streets amid crop circles and the meandering, depleted Arkansas River. But the truth of this place—the interwoven lives and stories—is anything but simple.
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Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 18, 2022

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781609388324
  • Release date: May 18, 2022

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781609388324
  • File size: 1585 KB
  • Release date: May 18, 2022

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Literature Mystery

Languages

English

Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award, Fiction

In a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dying economy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.

But like any town where people still breathe, there is also love and hope and the possibility of redemption. To flyover folks, Ewing County appears nothing more than a handful of empty streets amid crop circles and the meandering, depleted Arkansas River. But the truth of this place—the interwoven lives and stories—is anything but simple.
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Fiction Literature Mystery