Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.
The 1944 murder of the young protagonist's uncle accompanies him into adulthood. (Oct.)
Berry's (Another Turn of the Crank, LJ 10/15/95) fans will enjoy this new novel, again set in Port William, Kentucky. This time the poet/essayist/novelist turns his attention to nine-year-old Andy Catlett, whose world is turned upside down in 1944, when his beloved Uncle Andrew is murdered. Still haunted by the event years later, Andy researches the seldom-discussed details in an effort to understand Uncle Andrew's fate. In doing so, he learns a great deal about his uncle, his family, his neighbors, and life in the late 1940s. This gentle tale deals with big issues: grief, love, truth, and loss‘and their effects on a young mind trying to grow. For all libraries.‘Ellen R. Cohen, Rockville, Md.
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