Portland Public Library

Blackwood, Michael Farris Smith

eng

illustrations

no index present

fiction

Blackwood

1108517323

Michael Farris Smith

"In this timeless, mythical tale of unforgiving justice and elusive grace, rural Mississippi townsfolk shoulder the pain of generations as something dangerous lurks in the enigmatic kudzu of the woods." --, (Source of summary not specified)Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days. The kudzu vines have enveloped the hills around it, swallowing homes, cars, rivers, and hiding a terrible secret deeper still. Sheriff Myer believes that the people of Red Bluff can be accepting, rational, even good. Colburn, a junkyard sculptor who's returned to Red Bluff, meets and falls in love with Celia, the local bar owner. With broken histories and vagabond hearts, the townsfolk wrestle with the evil in the woods -- and the wickedness that lurks in each and every one of us. -- adapted from jacket