In the Valley of the Kings
The seven stories comprising In the Valley of the Kings limn hard lives in the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania, depicting with lyrical precision the moments in which lives shift or unravel, or achieve a fragile kind of grace. In the half-century after the coal’s collapse, its people continue on among the silent ghosts of the past. A son recalls the night his parents’ marriage ...
The seven stories comprising In the Valley of the Kings limn hard lives in the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania, depicting with lyrical precision the moments in which lives shift or unravel, or achieve a fragile kind of grace. In the half-century after the coal’s collapse, its people continue on among the silent ghosts of the past. A son recalls the night his parents’ marriage ...
