{"product_id":"a-year-without-months-9781952271526","title":"A Year without Months","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of fourteen essays by Charles Dodd White—praised by Silas House as \"one of the best prose stylists of Appalachian literature\"—explores the boundaries of family, loss, masculinity, and place. Contemplating the suicides of his father, uncle, and son, White meditates on what it means to go on when seemingly everything worth living for is lost. What he discovers is an intimate connection to the natural world, a renewed impulse to understand his troubled family history, and a devotion to following the clues that point to the possibility of a whole life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvoiding easy sentiment and cliché, White's transformative language drives toward renewal. \u003ci\u003eA Year without Months\u003c\/i\u003e introduces lively and memorable characters, as the author draws on a wide range of emotions to analyze everything, including himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful, powerful book. Read it and be changed.\"- Jim Minick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGroupings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoaster King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cabin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBethlehem Bottoms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouthern Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy I Don't Hunt Anymore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat We Gain in the Hurt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman Animals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Taught on the Tuck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThose Boys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning a Place by Its Waters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnder Weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Year without Months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138442625367,"sku":"9781952271526","price":16.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781952271526.jpg?v=1751919421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-year-without-months-9781952271526","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}