A darkly insightful evocation of the postindustrial era, Joy, PA tells the story of a family teetering on the precipice of ruin. The Augenbaughs live in a broken and decaying town where the last vestiges of countryclub wealth run up against the terrible realities of workingclass poverty. Abigail, a fervent believer in the apocalyptic teachings of a radio preacher, is desperate to save her son from Judgment Day as she readies herself for the Rapturedue to arrive in just a few days. Her husband, Burns, has moved to the basement to live out his days in a medicated stupor, unable to cope with memories of his service in Iraq. Caught between the suffering of his mother and father, tenyearold Willie fights the inherited demons that have savaged his parents tenuous grasp on reality. The somber drama surrounding the Augenbaughs plays out with a piercing and commanding lyrical beauty. Both transfixing and disconcerting, Steven Sherrills empathetic portrait of alienation elicits hope and sympathy amidst shattered but nolessdignified lives.

Binding: Paperback;248 pages; Publisher: Longleaf on behalf of LSU Press; Classification: FA; Weight: 453 g; Dimensions: 213 x 139 x 17

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