A Still Small Voice by John Reed - ISBN: 9780385334068
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Orphan Alma Flynt’s comfortable life in Cotterpin Creek, Kentucky, and her growing relationship with John Warren, the youngest son of her wealthy neighbors, the Clevelands, is turned upside down by the hardship, devastation, loss, and grief of the Civil War. A first novel. Reprint. 15,000 first pri

A Still Small Voice

A Novel

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    15 June 2001

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Summary

A spellbinding novel of love and war from “a young writer of great promise.”– Paul AusterWritten with a storyteller’s grace and a poet’s touch, John Reed’s powerful first novel is a true adventure of the heart – at once a passionate love story and a sweeping historical saga set against a vivid backdrop of the Civil War….The year is 1859 as seven-year-old Alma Flynt arrives in the Kentucky town of Cotterpin Creek to begin a new life. There, Alma will have as friends, neighbors, and benefactors…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780385334068
ISBN-10:0385334060
Author:John Reed
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:15 June 2001
Weight:425g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 13mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Reed sets vivid details of the Civil War against the passions of a girl saying goodbye to her battle-bound childhood love and then waiting – perhaps in vain – for that love to come home.”
Glamour

“Gorgeous writing and a powerful sense of history … Reed is a heartthrob of a writer, and A Still Small Voice shines with his passion.”
–Molly Peacock, author of Paradise, Piece by Piece

About The Author

John Reed

John Reed attended Hampshire College and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, and he was a contributing editor for Open City. He lives in New York City. A Still Small Voice is his first novel.

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