{"product_id":"this-dark-road-to-mercy-a-novel-isbn-9780062088260","title":"This Dark Road to Mercy: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eA Land More Kind Than Home\u003c\/em\u003e—hailed as \"a powerfully moving debut that reads as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e\" (\u003cem\u003eRichmond Times Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e)—returns with a resonant novel of love and atonement, blood and vengeance, set in western North Carolina, involving two young sisters, a wayward father, and an enemy determined to see him pay for his sins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter their mother's unexpected death, twelve-year-old Easter and her six-year-old sister Ruby are adjusting to life in foster care when their errant father, Wade, suddenly appears. Since Wade signed away his legal rights, the only way he can get his daughters back is to steal them away in the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrady Weller, the girls' court-appointed guardian, begins looking for Wade, and he quickly turns up unsettling information linking Wade to a recent armored car heist, one with a whopping $14.5 million missing. But Brady Weller isn't the only one hunting the desperate father. Robert Pruitt, a shady and mercurial man nursing a years-old vendetta, is also determined to find Wade and claim his due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by a trio of alternating voices, \u003cem\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about the indelible power of family and the primal desire to outrun a past that refuses to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAfter their mother unexpectedly dies, twelve-year-old Easter Quillby and her six-year-old sister, Ruby, aren't expecting to see their errant father, Wade, ever again. But the ex–minor league baseball player who's been gone for years has suddenly appeared at their foster home to steal them away in the middle of the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrady Weller, the girls' court-appointed guardian, begins looking for them, and quickly turns up unsettling information linking their father to a multimillion-dollar robbery. But Brady isn't the only hunter on the trail. Robert Pruitt, a mercurial man nursing a years-old vendetta, is determined to find Wade and claim his due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated in alternating voices that are at once captivating and heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e is a soulful story about the emotional pull of family and the primal desire to outrun a past that refuses to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Shows no signs of a sophomore slump. . . . Cash writes in the “Rough South” tradition of Harry Crewes, Larry Brown and the late Tim McLaurin. His blue-collar saga, narrated by different characters in turn, is as smooth, clean and unembellished as a Seagrove pottery or a Shaker Chair. His text is as bloody as a Cormac McCarthy novel, but Cash gives more room to the angels of his characters’ better natures. There is a chance for redemption at the end of this road. \u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e will stick in readers’ minds, especially Cash’s heroine, feisty, red-haired and freckled Easter, who joins Scout and Kaye Gibbons’ Ellen Foster in the pantheon of Southern kids in literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilmington Star News on This Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e will stick in readers’ minds, especially Cash’s heroine, feisty, red-haired and freckled Easter, who joins Scout and Kaye Gibbons’ Ellen Foster in the pantheon of Southern kids in literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilmington Star News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare breed of storytelling. . . . I knew this from the start, by the first paragraph, when 12-year-old Easter Quillby declared that her father was a loser, a liar and a thief. . . . By the time the pursuit came to its final inning, I was tripping over the words, trying to read them as fast as possible. . . . Cash’s new novel is a knockout home run.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greenville News (SC) on This Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Exciting and suspenseful as well as moving, with a captivating heroine, this is a tremendous book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The voice is Southern and oh so charming in \u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e, a crime novel that’s also a road movie and a baseball tale and a wicked twist on Sixth-Grade Father-Daughter Night.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The voice is Southern and oh so charming in \u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e, a crime novel that’s also a road movie and a baseball tale and a wicked twist on Sixth-Grade Father-Daughter Night.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Cash is] a new master of Southern gothic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cash follows his evocative debut with another striking take on Southern literature. . . . In the rhythms and cadence of the South, Cash offers a tale about family and about the tenuous link among the right choices, living with consequences or seeking redemption. . . . A story of family, blood loyalty and making choices that can seem right but end up wrong.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cash follows his evocative debut with another striking take on Southern literature. . . . In the rhythms and cadence of the South, Cash offers a tale about family and about the tenuous link among the right choices, living with consequences or seeking redemption.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Darkly mesmerizing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A heartfelt and nuanced story, exploring the lines between fear and trust, redemption and love.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune on This Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Narrated in alternating voices, this book captures the reader’s attention from the start and never lets go. Readers who enjoyed Cash’s first book or who are fans of well-written Southern fiction will enjoy this novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A time capsule and at times an edgy thriller, but at its fine emotional center it’s all about what it means to be a father.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJill McCorkle, author of Life After Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The endangered little sisters Easter and Ruby will go straight to your heart, which will be thumping like crazy the entire time you’re reading this novel straight through as I did.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee Smith, author of Guests on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific, moving and propulsive novel: Harper Lee by way of Elmore Leonard.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“On the heels of his wildly successful debut, Wiley Cash has written another winner. \u003ci\u003eThis Dark Road to Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with suspense and beckons you to read faster to find all of the answers, but don’t, for fear you will miss the wonderful richness and detail of this particular time and place. The homerun race is on but there’s a whole lot more at stake. It’s a time capsule and at times an edgy thriller, but at its fine emotional center it’s all about what it means to be a father.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Life After Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The endangered little sisters Easter and Ruby will go straight to your heart, which will be thumping like crazy the entire time you’re reading this novel straight through as I did. Wiley Cash knows how to grab his reader on page one and hang on for dear life as he presents brilliant portraits of desperate people caught up in an underworld where danger, damage, drugs, and fractured families are all clasped in the tight fist of poverty.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee Smith, author of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888055447781,"sku":"NP9780062088260","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062088260.jpg?v=1730228044","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/this-dark-road-to-mercy-a-novel-isbn-9780062088260","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}