Holding on to Nothing: Large Print Edition [Large Print]

By Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne

(Large print edition)

In rural Tennessee, two young people struggle to make a life in a town rife with poverty, guns, and alcohol.

"Holding On To Nothing is a resonant song of the South, all whiskey, bluegrass, Dolly Parton, tobacco fields, and women who know better but still fall for the lowdown men whom they know will disappoint them."--Lauren Groff, National Book Award finalist author of Fates and Furies and Florida

Lucy Kilgore has her bags packed for her escape from her rural Tennessee upbringing, but a drunken mistake forever tethers her to the town and one of its least-admired residents, Jeptha Taylor, who becomes the father of her child. Together, these two young people work to form a family, though neither has any idea how to accomplish that, and the odds are against them in a place with little to offer other than bluegrass music, tobacco fields, and a Walmart full of beer and firearms for the hunting season. Their path is harrowing, but Lucy and Jeptha are characters to love, and readers will root for their success in a novel so riveting that no one will want to turn out the light until they know whether this family will survive.

This new paperback edition features a readers' guide in the back of the book with questions for discussion and an interview with the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1958888494
• ISBN13: 9781958888490
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Blair
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"