Lime Creek, Joe Henry
Lime Creek, Joe Henry
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Lime Creek
Fiction

Author: Joe Henry

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/06/2012

Synopsis

A Grammy-winning lyricist and accomplished poet, Joe Henry turns his immense talent to the novel form in this moving debut. Spencer Davis and his wife Elizabeth have carved out a rewarding existence on the fierce plains of Wyoming, where they raise three sons alongside herds of cattle. But as their oldest son Luke comes of age and begins testing the boundaries of his independence, Spencer fears that their simple way of life may not be enough for Luke. "[A] wonderful book, subtle in texture, rich in sorrow."-Larry McMurtry

About Joe Henry

Joe Henry is a songwriter, singer, and music producer. He is coauthor, with his brother David, of Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him. Furious Cool is Joe and David's first book. The brothers are also at work on a screenplay based on Pryor's life and career.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

If a novel could be a poem, Lime Creek is it. Arresting in its imagery, surprising and poignant in both its style and point of view, Lime Creek transports the reader in its sharp realism like a stage rambling over an uneven trail, but comforts in the softness of its delivery - like the reassuring emb......more

Goodreads review by Joe

I thought the first chapter was fantastic but then that run-on writing style started to grate on me and pretty soon I was skipping paragraphs and then entire pages just to get to the end because with such a wonderful first chapter you expect at some point the author will come up with a plot or at le......more

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