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With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel (Kentucky Voices)

With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel (Kentucky Voices)

by George Ella Lyon (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

With a Hammer for My Heart is the story of Lawanda, a precocious, poverty-stricken fifteen-year-old girl from Cardin, Kentucky, who dreams of attending college. When Lawanda's friendship with an alcoholic World War II veteran named Garland is misinterpreted by their fellow townspeople, a tragedy calls her future into question.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 15 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 0813191750
ISBN 13: 9780813191751

Media Reviews
A rich tale of healing, redemption, and social responsibility. - Publishers Weekly A compelling, skillfully told story.... Lyon's finest achievement. - Lexington Herald-Leader Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as deep.... Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe. - Booklist (starred review) Lyon consistently reveals in her work an ability to render the peculiarities of the people and the places she knows best, while at the same time exploring concerns that lend her stories and poems universal appeal. The same is true of With a Hammer for My Heart, a powerful first novel that catapults Lyon into the ranks of other well-respected contemporary novelists. - The Southern Register
Author Bio
George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults, including Borrowed Children, Mother to Tigers, Sonny's House of Spies, and Where I'm From: Where Poems Come From. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.