· The Last Road Home by Danny Johnson – Book Review. From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the s and ’60s. At eight years old, Raeford “Junebug” Hurley has known more than his share of hard lessons. At once tender and unflinching, The Last Road Home delves deep into the gritty, violent realities of the South's turbulent past, yet evokes the universal hunger for belonging. Advance praise for The Last Road Home "In this intense and well?written debut novel, Danny Johnson probes deep into the cauldron of racial relations in the 's www.doorway.rus: "In this intense and well?written debut novel, Danny Johnson probes deep into the cauldron of racial relations in the 's South. The Last Road Home introduces an exciting new voice in Southern Literature." —Ron Rash, author of Above the Waterfall "In The Last Road Home, Danny Johnson evokes a South that in many ways may be gone, thank the Lord. Yet Johnson's compelling and .
The Last Road Home. By: Danny Johnson. Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin. Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins. Release date: Language: English. out of 5 stars. 17 ratings. Add to Cart failed. The Last Road Home Book Summary/Review: "This novel is sure to join the rich canon of Southern literature." --Anna Jean Mayhew, author of The Dry Grass of August From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the s and '60s. From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the s and '60s. At eight years old, Raeford "Junebug" Hurley has known more than his share of hard lessons. After the sudden death of h.
The Last Road Home is not simply a coming of age story. It tackles interracial love in the pre-Civil rights South in a tender and completely believable way. After laying the foundation of Junebug and Fancy's relationship, Johnson guides the reader down an unexpected path that includes drugs and murder but still leaves the protagonist likeable. At once tender and unflinching, The Last Road Home delves deep into the gritty, violent realities of the South's turbulent past, yet evokes the universal hunger for belonging. Advance praise for The Last Road Home "In this intense and well-written debut novel, Danny Johnson probes deep into the cauldron of racial relations in the s South. The Last Road Home introduces an exciting new voice in Southern Literature." --Ron Rash, author of Above the Waterfall "In The Last Road Home, Danny Johnson evokes a South that in many ways may be gone, thank the Lord. Yet Johnson's compelling and heartfelt rendering of Junebug and Fancy couldn't be more charged and alive.
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