A Land More Kind Than Home A Novel

Wiley Cash's debut novel is a mesmerizing literary thriller set in a small, rural North Carolina town, told through the perspectives of three characters: a young boy named Jess Hall, the town midwife Adelaide Lyle, and Sheriff Clem Barefield. The story centers on Jess and his older brother, Christopher, who is mute and whom everyone calls Stump. Despite warnings from their mother, Stump sneaks a look at something he shouldn't at the local, mysterious, charismatic church run by the secretive Pastor Carson Chambliss, to which their mother has taken Stump for a 'healing' service. This act has catastrophic repercussions, shattering the world of the two brothers and forcing Jess into a premature understanding of danger and evil. The novel explores themes of religious fervor, the power of love and family bonds, and the pursuit of justice in a tight-knit community.

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