Author Event- Deborah Clearman
Schedule
Fri May 10 2024 at 05:00 pm
Location
621 Central Avenue, Barboursville, WV | Barboursville, WV
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THE ANGELS OF SINKHOLE COUNTY is a humorous story about death and deception set in Appalachia.When Roger Thorndike dies of old age at home in rural West Virginia, his private staff of caregivers are devastated. One of them, Loretta Hardwick, comes up with a plan to salve their broken hearts and save their jobs—in a place where jobs are scarce. They switch out the dead Major, his nickname among the staff, for his living double, a hermit mountain man who has also been under Loretta’s care. The ensuing deception of Major’s grown children—Hume, a veterinarian in nearby Powhatan County, and Ruth, an artist in New York City known to the caregivers as Ruthless—as well as nurses, doctors, a pastor, and an angry ex care manager, reveals class divisions, workplace rivalries, and moral dilemmas in a rollicking drama of rising tension and high stakes.
“The stark impossibility of Loretta’s gambit is part of the book’s farcical strength. This is an impressively subtle novel—brimming with comedic sharpness, but also a sweet but unsentimental glimpse into the strange ways love expresses itself in the real world.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Deborah Clearman was born in North Carolina and grew up on a farm in Southern Maryland. She is the author of two novels, Remedios and Todos Santos; a collection of short fiction, Concepción and the Baby Brokers and Other Stories Out of Guatemala; and The Goose’s Tale, a children’s book she wrote and illustrated. A visual artist for much of her career, her paintings and prints have been widely exhibited in galleries and museums. She is the former Program Director for NY Writers Coalition, a nonprofit organization that gives voice to unheard members of society through the art of writing. She lives in New York City.
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