A Land More Kind Than Home
About this book
An adventurous and precocious boy, Jess Hall is very protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop on grown-ups, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to — an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that this new understanding can bring evil — and the possibility of deliverance. A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. Wiley Cash's electrifying literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in their small western North Carolina town is stunning.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 228 readers · 342 pages · ≈ 6 h 20 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read A Land More Kind Than Home?
About ≈ 6 h 20 m — 342 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Land More Kind Than Home?
342 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Land More Kind Than Home?
It sits on the Thriller, Fiction shelves.
Is A Land More Kind Than Home in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in A Land More Kind Than Home?
The main characters include Jess Hall, Christopher Hall, Clem Barefield, Adelaide Lyle.
Where does A Land More Kind Than Home take place?
It is set in North Carolina, Marshall.
Who wrote A Land More Kind Than Home?
Wiley Cash.