Hard Times
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Word Count
45,250 words, Guess
Page Count
181 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL49224643M
- ISBN-139781952427084
- ISBN-101952427088
- OCLC Control Number1228169225
- Library of Congress Control Number2020944035
Classifications
- LCCPS3555.D472 H37 2020
Description
In 1930s East Texas. 14 year-old Amelia Laxault's father insists she marry Arnold Critchin, a local boy who assaulted her on their first date. When Arnold's alcohol-fueled brutality devastates their family, his ineptitude with crops destroys their farm, and his porly runn moonshine business lands him in prison, Amelia struggles to feed her four children as the Depression worsens and a secret from her past looms large. Three hundred miles away, Lucious Tremaine tangles with a white police officer. Fleeing to Houston, a second altercation leaeves him with a gunshot wound. Desperate and weak, he makes his way into the backwoods. As Lucious encounters increasing obstacles and Amelia's challenges escalate with Arnold's return from prison-and a visit from her first love, who is now the local sheriff_an explosion looms. Will Lucious make it to Houston? Can Amelia save her children from both starvation and Arnold's increasing, vengelful violence? As the odds stack up and the food runs out, Amelia must summon all her courage, strength, and ingenuity to attempt to save her family.
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