David Joy

Where All Light Tends to Go David Joy

Marc Notes: Set in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the mountains forever with the girl he loves--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: 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. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for his 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. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2014 pg. 60 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/05/2015 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/15/2015 pg. 88 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 39 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 03/13/2015 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 03/22/2015 pg. 29 (EAN 9780399172779, Hardcover)