Never Back Down by Ernest Hebert
Jack Landry, a promising high school baseball player, and his best friend, Elphege Beaupre, live by the motto 'Never back down, never instigate'. It's a rule of stubborn passivity that Jack will follow to the end of his days. Unconsciously burdened by his heritage, hemmed in by his working-class parents' submission to authority, the church, and a life of hard work, young Jack still has big dreams. Yet his warring values and desires lead to two mistakes in his youth that will colour the rest of his days. The first causes great harm to his one and only love, a half-Cajun Gulf Coast girl. In a world where one is asked to take responsibility for actions but not always suffer the consequences, Jack punishes himself. Following the tenets of Catholicism, he embarks on a lifelong penance to atone for his sin. The subsequent renunciation of his dreams appears to be Jack's second mistake. Or is it?
"He writes with a grace, precision, and humor that makes one feel he will do for the hinterlands what John Updike did for the suburbs" (New York Times)"
Ernest Hebert lives in New Hampshire and teaches writing at Dartmouth College. His novels in-clude The Old American and the acclaimed six-volume Darby series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781567924329 |
| Title | Never Back Down |
| Author | Ernest Hebert |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | David R. Godine Publisher Inc |
| Year published | 2012-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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