This short (140 pgs) novel has very little plot, but the characters are interesting and likeable. The main character accidentally ends up with a dog that had been abandoned beside the road. The dog, predictably, steals his heart and fills a huge void in his life. The nearby nursing home and its i...
Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure...