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Coal RunTawni O'Dell

Coal Run

2004354 pages
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"Coal Run is a community of ghosts and memories. After a mining explosion took the lives of so many men and transformed their families, the reverberations are still being felt in the generation of survivors thirty years later. Narrator Ivan Zoschenko, the local deputy and erstwhile football legend ("the Great Ivan Z"), his pro career sidelined by a knee injury, spends a week seemingly preparing for an old teammate's imminent release from prison. In doing so, Ivan introduces a rich cast of characters - his unexpectedly wise and comic former beauty queen sister, his former idol Val Claypool,…

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10 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2004
    Penguin Audiobooks · 9781415902783
  • Audiobook · English · 2004
    Penguin Audiobooks · 9781415902776
  • Other · English · 2010
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9780719569388
  • Other · English · 2009
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9780719595509
  • Other · English · 2008
    Paw Prints 2008-05-29 · 9781435293014
  • Other · English · 2005
    New American Library · 9780451215123
Ukrainian AmericansMale friendshipEx-convictsFamily violenceRevengeWife abuseFictionFootball players