false 4619726 3 In the summer of 1984, a young woman travels to Kentucky with her lover, to the isolated tobacco farm he has inherited after his family dies in a terrible accident. As Orren works to save his family farm from drought, Aloma struggles with the loneliness of farm life and must find her way in a combative, erotically charged relationship with a grieving, taciturn man. A budding friendship with a handsome and dynamic young preacher further complicates her growing sense of dissatisfaction. As she considers whether to stay with Orren or to leave, she grapples with the finality of loss and death, and the eternal question of whether it is better to fight for freedom or to submit to love. <I>All the Living </I>has the timeless quality of a parable, but it is also a perfect evocation of a time and place, a portrait of both age-old conflicts and modern life. It is an ode to the starve-acre southern farm, the mountain landscape, and difficult love. In her lyrical and moving debut novel, C. E. Morgan recalls both the serenity of Marilynne Robinson and the shifting emotional currents and unashamed eroticism of James Salter. It is an unforgettable book from a major new voice. 4669690 book 31 3 2009 All the Living: A Novel total:146|5:39|4:42|3:43|2:19|1:3| 146 533 354 54 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 5 3 false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 16:01:34 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 17:47:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 4 2 false Fri May 29 10:06:36 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 10:07:24 -0700 2009
But a conflagration is a conflagration, and Kentuckian C.E. Morgan's All the Living is a damn fine distraction.

This lean little novel, Morgan's first, tells the...more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 17:25:02 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 17:42:42 -0700 2009
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The novel’s plot is simultaneously prosaic and universal: a young couple, suffering thro...more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Apr 22 06:25:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 06:27:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 5 1 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 08:41:35 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:02:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 06:25:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:28:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 4 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 15:13:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 15:38:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 3 1 false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:41:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:45:57 -0700 2009 Very sparse and bleak overall although a unique read. Had it not felt so bleak, sad, depressing, I might have had a better feel after just finishing it.
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People read fiction for various reasons; for me it's an escape. When I read something that vividly reminds me of unpleasant things and places I've been it usually makes me uncomfortable. Though I have never farmed tobacco, I have worked on a...more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 5 1 false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 20:11:38 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 20:17:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 05:13:51 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 05:13:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:41:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 05:21:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4619726 0374103623 9780374103620 144 53 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230484656m/4619726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4619726.All_the_Living_A_Novel 3 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 19:17:21 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 07:19:12 -0700 2009 "Over her head a porch fan hung spinless, trailing its cobwebs like old hair, its spiders gone. She turned to peer behind her down the gravel drive. Displaced dust still hung close behind the fender of her truck, loath to lie down in boredom again."
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