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Coal Run Audiobook
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With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.
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“A glorious story of love and loss, of achievement and disappointment,of hope and despair…The novel takes place over the course of only one week, yetO’Dell manages to give the story an epic dimension through masterful intercuttingof past and present…A beautifully written, sweeping story.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“Probing, heartbreaking…O’Dell’s portrait of Zoschenko is deep and penetrating, but even more moving is her portrayal of the coal-town community…This is a fierce, sharply drawn and richly sympathetic tribute to working-class America.”
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“This one’s pretty close to a masterpiece.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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About Tawni O’Dell
Tawni O’Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of Fragile Beasts, Sister Mine, Coal Run, and Back Roads, which was an Oprah’s Book Club pick and a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. O’Dell’s work has been translated into fifteen languages and published in over forty countries. She was born and raised in the coal-mining region of western Pennsylvania, the territory she writes about with such striking authenticity. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and spent many years living in the Chicago area before moving back to Pennsylvania, where she now lives with her two children.