Fulfillment
About This Book
Joel and Emmett are half brothers who end up back in the family home in Kentucky, and neither leaves it unchanged. Joel is a successful academic and author whose marriage is in serious trouble. His younger brother Emmett works in a shipping warehouse and can't seem to commit to any direction for his life. Alice, Joel's wife, stands between them. She is wry and passionate, and she dreams of running a small farm, a goal that feels further away all the time. She wants a more authentic way of living, while Emmett wants connection and a way out of the creeping sense that he is failing. As the pull between Alice and Emmett grows stronger, the household tips into violence, and each of the three is pushed toward a disaster that cannot be undone. Lee Cole, author of Groundskeeping, uses this family drama to look at class, privilege, brotherhood and life in the American South. The novel asks whether people can really change, what that change might cost, and what it takes to build a life that feels meaningful.
ISBN: 9780593688854
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