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COME AGAIN NO MORE
By: Jack Todd
Simon & Schuster
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Featuring: Eli Paint; Emaline
480 pages
ISBN: 1416598502
EAN: 9781416598503
Kindle: B003LL2YIG
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Fiction Family Life
The Paint Family built an American empire on the legendary strength of their character, their wit, and their resolve, but the foreclosures, bank failures, and joblessness of the Great Depression may bring their world down around them. The familyβs foundation is further weakened by a rift running through two generations, scarred over by stubbornness and pain. Come Again No More is a uniquely American story about a family navigating a changing world and the tough choices it presents. The indomitable family patriarch, Eli, owns everything as far as the eye can see, but there is an emptiness in his heart. After a dramatic accident leaves him struggling for life, he must reckon with the decisions he made that separated him from the daughter he loved most. A chance for redemption presents itself in his granddaughter Emaline. Eli has faced his own mortality many times, but his pride seems to have a death grip on him. Emaline marries Jake, a womanizing prizefighter who promises to help her realize her dream of making a life on a farm. But Jakeβs inner demons and nature itself conspire against Emalineβs fierce determination to make their marriage work. Life sends Emaline many joys when she least expects them, but ultimately, she must make tough decisions about holding on and letting go. Based on the authorβs family letters and diaries, Come Again No More is a bittersweet novel, a moving and vivid portrayal of a familyβs triumphs and tragedies paralleling the glories and shameful underbelly of a nation struggling through the Great Depression.
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