January's Spotlight on BC Scholarship!
Happy January! Celebrate the beginning of a new semester with this month's spotlight, Mr. Silas House! His book, The Coal Tattoo, is a wonderful fictional story about two sisters.
"Life isn’t easy for twenty-two year old Easter and her teenage sister Anneth, who were left parentless as young children. While Easter, a devout Pentecostal, finds solace in the powerful music of her church, Anneth seeks comfort in the rougher edges of life found in dancing, drinking, and fast living. Easter believes in tradition and is intent on rearing her wild young sister properly, but it’s only a matter of time before a wedge is driven between them–and threatens to undo their bond forever. . . ."
-www.goodreads.com.
"Silas House's most brilliant novel to date.... He plays the language of The Coal Tattoo like a master fiddler--- I gladly stayed up late nights listening to his music."
-Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Four Spirits and Ahab's Wife.
Photo by www.goodreads.com.
Find it here:
The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
Call Number: H8417ct 2004 - BC Scholarship Collection (3rd floor)
Publication Date: 2004
Two sisters can't stand to live together, but can't bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash, the other desperately wants to have child. This is what's at the heart of Silas House's third, masterful novel, which tells the story of Easter and Anneth, tragically left parentless as children, who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town. Easter is deeply religious, keeps a good home, believes in tradition, and is intent on rearing her wild younger sister properly. Anneth is untamable, full of passion, determined to live hard and fast. It's only a matter of time before their predilections split their paths and nearly undo their bond. How these two women learn to overcome their past, sacrifice deeply for each other, and live together again in the only place that matters is the story of The Coal Tattoo. Silas House's work has been described as compelling, seamless, breathtaking, heartbreaking, eloquent, stunningly beautiful, and exquisite. In The Coal Tattoo, he raises the bar once again.
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