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Come Again No More
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
family’s 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 Jake’s
inner demons and nature itself conspire against Emaline’s
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 author’s family letters and
diaries, Come Again No More is a bittersweet novel, a moving
and vivid portrayal of a family’s triumphs and tragedies
paralleling the glories and shameful underbelly of a nation
struggling through the Great Depression.
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