Home from the Hill
by William Humphrey
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National Book Award Finalist: The mesmerizing saga of a Texas family torn apart by passion and pride. Twelve years after Hannah Hunnicutt was committed to a Dallas asylum, her body is brought home to northeast Texas to be buried alongside those of her husband and son. Etched on all three gravestones is the same date of death: May 28, 1939. Home from the Hill is the story of that tragic day and the dramatic events leading up to it. The biggest landowner in the county, Captain Wade show more Hunnicutt was a charismatic war hero whose legendary hunting skills extended to the wives of his friends and neighbors. Humiliated by her husband's philandering, Hannah grew to despise Captain Wade but was too proud to ask for a divorce; instead, she devoted herself to her only child. Torn between his mother's adoration and an overwhelming need to win his father's approval, Theron tried to become his own man. And he might have succeeded if he hadn't fallen in love with the beautiful and innocent Libby Halstead. William Humphrey's dazzling debut novel, the inspiration for a major motion picture starring Robert Mitchum, is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American literature, as intense and thrilling as the Hunnicutts themselves. This ebook features an illustrated biography of William Humphrey including rare photos form the author's estate. show lessTags
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One of my absolute favorites. 3rd time reading it and I just get lost in the pure storytelling.
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- Canonical title*
- A casa dopo l'uragano
- Original publication date
- 1958
- Related movies
- Home from the Hill (1960 | IMDb)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.54
- Canonical LCC
- PZ4.H927
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- 6 — English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish
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- ISBNs
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