It's a sad thing when you look forward to reading a book because you have admired others by the author, and then you find yourself disappointed. I would highly recommend Ron Rash's novels Serena, The Cove, and Above the Waterfall. I am, unfortunately, not nearly as impressed by this one.
The problem, for me, is mainly that this coming-of-age story seems hackneyed and predictable--a teenager rebels against his harsh authoritarian father and moves into a derelict trailer with a disillusioned ex-teacher turned drug dealer. Through their interactions, the two grow emotionally and achieve salvation, of a sort. That's it, except in the process the drug dealer's sometimes girlfriend is also saved from self-destruction and degradation.
I have really given away too much of the plot for a review, but then I really don't recommend that anyone should go out and find this book. It's not a bad book; it has its pluses, the most obvious being the language used in describing the Appalachian setting, but it is really not very good either.
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