| Whistle Contributor(s): Daugharty, Janice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060930918 ISBN-13: 9780060930912 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Just out of prison after serving time on a drug charge, Roper Rackard comes across a woman' s body while mowing the tall grass at the far end of his new boss' s property, and although he is innocent of her death, Roper panics. Terrified that he will be charged with murdering a white woman and sent back to jail, he decides to hide the body where it won' t be found. As days and then weeks pass, and the search for the missing woman continues, Roper begins to doubt himself. Did he do the right thing? Why didn' t he call for help? Will anybody believe he is innocent and, most important, how can he possibly come forward now? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97042166 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.04" W x 8.02" (0.57 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
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| Publisher Description: Just out of prison after serving time on a drug charge, Roper Rackard comes across a woman's body while mowing the tall grass at the far end of his new boss's property, and although he is innocent of her death, Roper panics. Terrified that he will be charged with murdering a white woman and sent back to jail, he decides to hide the body where it won't be found. As days and then weeks pass, and the search for the missing woman continues, Roper begins to doubt himself. Did he do the right thing? Why didn't he call for help? Will anybody believe he is innocent and, most important, how can he possibly come forward now? |
Contributor Bio(s): Daugharty, Janice: - Janice Daugharty is Artist-in-Residence at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, in Tifton, Georgia. She is the author of one story collection and five novels: Dark of the Moon, Necessary Lies, Pawpaw Patch, Earl in the Yellow Shirt, and Whistle. |