A coming-of-age novel set in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. As ten-year-old Justin tries to cope with the harsh realities of life-poverty, an alcoholic mother, sexual abuse, and bullying by classmates-he meets Gideon, an old man who teaches him to play the banjo and to see good in the world.
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