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You\u2019ll recognize these people. Hell, you may even find yourself in these pages. Jeff Barry relishes the pastime of good banter and storytelling. Reading his novel reminded me of a bygone time and of eavesdropping on the grown-ups with their colorful ways of tiptoeing around (and often steamrolling over) the truths and assumptions found in all families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u2014 JAMIE KORNEGAY, author of <em>Soil<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; min_height=&#8221;179px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-15px||-6px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;24px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a perfectly good story behind this memorable title, and curious readers will enjoy finding it as they sort through the complicated dynamics of the big, messy Southern family at the heart of this winning debut. You\u2019ll recognize these people. Hell, you may even find yourself in these pages. Jeff Barry relishes the pastime of good banter and storytelling. Reading his novel reminded me of a bygone time and of eavesdropping on the grown-ups with their colorful ways of tiptoeing around (and often steamrolling over) the truths and assumptions found in all families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u2014 JAMIE KORNEGAY, author of <em>Soil<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-15px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-15px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cJeff Barry\u2019s novel is rich with veins of lore interconnecting all things and peoples Southern. His title demonstrates the natural intelligence a POW conveys to the next captured warrior of his nationality and origin. Such a message to a captured fighter in a lonely shed can save a life because it points toward home where springs hope. <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px;\">Southern readers will love the rivalry his title points out. His characters are dramatic and faithful to the culture, ways, and influences bred in Southern families and communities. Its truth is that people in the South often do not address violence directly, nor even express love openly. So much emotion is held inside, safe, to protect one\u2019s soul. The Southern experience often hides in shadows below the level of the conscious mind. Finding that truth in Barry\u2019s first novel is a labor of love. 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