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The Pecan Man
- Author
- Cassie Dandridge Selleck
- Narrator
- Suzanne Toren
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 July 2014
- Run Time
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Pecan Man is a beautiful work of Southern fiction whose first chapter was the first-place winner of the 2006 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition in the unpublished novel category.
In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless, Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he appears. When the police chief's son is found stabbed to death near his camp, the man Ora knows as Eddie is arrested and charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, Ora sets out to tell the truth about the Pecan Man. In narrating her story, Ora discovers more about herself than she could ever have imagined. This novel has been described as To Kill a Mockingbird meets The Help.
Critics Review
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“Selleck’s southern voice is reminiscent of [Donna] Tartt’s distinct tone, but you can relish The Pecan Man in an afternoon…You won’t be able to put this one down.”
BookRiot
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“Will astound you…[A] touching story.”
Mattoon (Illinois) Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
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Details
- Author
- Cassie Dandridge Selleck
- Narrator
- Suzanne Toren
- Duration
- 6 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 July 2014
- ISBN
- 9781483022994
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction
Synopsis
The Pecan Man is a beautiful work of Southern fiction whose first chapter was the first-place winner of the 2006 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition in the unpublished novel category.In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless, Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he appears. When the police chief's son is found stabbed to death near his camp, the man Ora knows as Eddie is arrested and charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, Ora sets out to tell the truth about the Pecan Man. In narrating her story, Ora discovers more about herself than she could ever have imagined. This novel has been described as To Kill a Mockingbird meets The Help.
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