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Overview
In 1976, on the day of his wife's funeral, Wylie Greer drops off his five-year-old daughter, Holly, at his father-in-law's dairy farm on the outskirts of Columbia, South Carolina. Wylie asks for a little time to clear his head, but thirty years pass before Holly sees her father again. What You Have Left is about a father and daughter trying to make their way back to one another across decades of longing, uncertainty, and ambivalence--all the while hoping to discover that what they have left is worth salvaging. Shot through with sly humor and a knowing sympathy for human weakness, What You Have Left is a stunning debut that explores the weight of history, the nature of loss, and the possibility of forgiveness.
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- ISBN-13: 9781451643190
- ISBN-10: 1451643195
- Publisher: Free Press
- Publish Date: April 2011
- Dimensions: 8.42 x 6.2 x 0.58 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.46 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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