Where All Light Tends to Go

Resumen del libro

The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically organized meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually. The only joy he finds comes from reuniting with Maggie, his first love, and a girl clearly bound for bigger and better things than their hardscrabble town.
Jacob has always been resigned to play the cards that were dealt him, but when a fatal mistake changes everything, hes faced with a choice: stay and appease his father, or leave the mountains with the girl he loves. In a place where blood is thicker than water and hope takes a back seat to fate, Jacob wonders if he can muster the strength to rise above the only life hes ever known.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p DAVID JOY (Charlotte, 1983). Es un autor sureño hasta la médula que ha vinculado íntimamente su narrativa a las zonas rurales de la América profunda. Licenciado en Humanidades por la Universidad de Carolina Occidental, decidió especializarse en estudios de escritura profesional, para los que se benefició de una beca del Consejo Artístico de Carolina del Norte. Ha publicado tres novelas, la última de las cuales es x{0026}lt;i Ojo por ojox{0026}lt;/i , que han recibido diversos galardones (entre los que destaca una nominación al premio Edgar) y le han revelado como una de las voces más personales de la narrativa estadounidense actual.x{0026}lt;/p