Look Back All the Green Valley

Written by Fred Chappell

Narrated by Tom Stechschulte

Award-winning author Fred Chappell has so enraptured us with his rich storytelling, he deserves to be counted among our national treasures. Steeped in Appalachian culture and tradition, this saga of a North Carolina family is a bewitching combination of wit, humor and pathos.

Jess Kirkman’s mother is dying of congestive heart failure, and he has come home to be at her bedside. Charged with getting family affairs in order, he faces the daunting task of sorting out the secret workshop that his father left behind when he died 10 years ago. As he investigates
his findings—a map littered with the names of strange women and a strange invention of stovepipe and ceramic—Jess discovers an intriguing side of his father.

A journey through space and time and the story of a quest for perfect revenge, this shining novel in turn reads like Mark Twain, Dante, and Buck Rogers.

This audiobook includes an exclusive interview with the author.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781705086162

Fred Chappell

Fred Chappell is the award-winning author of more than twenty books of poetry and fiction, including I Am One of You Forever, Brighten the Corner Where You Are, and Look Back All the Green Valley. He has received many major prizes, including the Bollingen Prize in Poetry from Yale University and the Award in Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives with his wife, Susan in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Reviews for Look Back All the Green Valley

[wvlibrarydude · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A good read, but it was obviously part of the trilogy. I read the first two 14-15 years ago and forget a lot of them. I'll have to return to them to remind myself.