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Coal Run

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate SelectionCoal Run is a community of ghosts and memories, where a mining explosion that caused the deaths of so many men and the transformation of their families still reverberates a generation later. Driven by the same raw energy, humor, suspense, and compassion for a place and way of life so evident in O'Dell's New York Times bestseller Back Roads, Coal Run is a story about lett of the goals of greatness for the ordinary grace of good work, family love, and acceptance of where you come from.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 354 pages

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