Jess Kirkman returns to the North Carolina mountain town of his boyhood to tend to his ailing mother, and clean out his deceased father's workroom. What he discovers there leads him -- and the reader -- on an unforgettable journey through the secret life of Jess's father, Joe Robert, which culminates in a moment of profound mystery and comedy.
- ISBN10 1466860529
- ISBN13 9781466860520
- Publish Date 17 December 2013 (first published 1 September 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Picador USA
- Format eBook
- Pages 288
- Language English