Fulfillment by Lee Cole
Set in Paducah, Kentucky, Lee Cole's follow-up to>Groundskeeping (An exacting, beautifully textured debut novel . . . presages a major career--The New York Times Book Review) is a powerful, page-turning story of two half brothers navigating the complexities of class and privilege in the American South. Fulfillment tells the story of two half brothers--Joel, a successful academic and author, whose marriage is in deep trouble, and his younger sibling Emmett, paralyzed by indecision and working on a factory assembly line--who find themselves at their family home in Kentucky and upend each other's lives in devasting ways. Between them is Alice, Emmett's wife, a wry, passionate young woman who is being slowly asphyxiated by domestic tedium, and whose longing collides with Emmett's hunger for connection and desire to escape a sense of burgeoning failure and shame. As the chemistry between them escalates, the family is plunged into a violent crucible, each character brought to a precipice of immutable catastrophe. Incisive, poignant, gorgeously written, Lee Cole has written a haunting novel about class, privilege, brotherhood, and the American South, a book that asks whether people can change, and at what cost, and what it takes to build a life of fulfillment and meaning.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780593802861 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593802861 |
| Title | Fulfillment |
| Author | Lee Cole |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2025-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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