Treeborne: a novel
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"Wedged between the bluffs and the river for which it's named, there's a small and all-but-forgotten town. Janie Treeborne lives on an orchard at the edge of Elberta, Alabama, and in time, she has become its keeper. A place where conquistadors once walked, and where the peaches they left behind now grow, Elberta has seen fierce battles, violent storms, and frantic change--and when the town is once again threatened from without, Janie realizes it won't withstand much more. So she tells the story of its people: of Hugh, her granddaddy, determined to preserve Elberta's legacy through his art; of his wife Maybelle, who shook the town when she became its first female postmaster, then again when she died a sudden and mysterious death; of her lover Lee Malone, ablack orchardist and musician harvesting from a land where he is less than welcome; of the local legend Ricky Birdsong, who scored touchdown after touchdown, only to run headlong into tragedy; of the time Janie herself kidnapped her own Hollywood-obsessed aunt and tore the wrong people apart. As the world closes in on Elberta, Alabama--a fictional land equal parts Macon and Macondo--Caleb Johnson's debut novel lifts the veil and offers one last glimpse. Treeborne is both a celebration and a reminder: ofthe difficulty of untangling the past from the future, and of how home is a story as much as a place"--
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Johnson, C. (2018). Treeborne: a novel. First edition. Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Johnson, Caleb, 1991-. 2018. Treeborne: A Novel. Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Johnson, Caleb, 1991-, Treeborne: A Novel. Picador, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Johnson, Caleb. Treeborne: A Novel. First edition. Picador, 2018.
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