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A death in the family  Cover Image Book Book

A death in the family / James Agee ; introduction by Steve Earle.

Summary:

On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly, leaving his wife, brother, and young son to deal with his sudden death.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143105718
  • ISBN: 014310571X
  • Physical Description: xii, 310 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: Centennial edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: United States : McDowell, Obolensky, Inc., ©1957.
Subject: Traffic accident victims > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Boys > Juvenile fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Traffic accidents > Fiction.
Bereavement > Fiction.
Knoxville (Tenn.) > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Crawford County.

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