Kind One

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<p><b>An unforgettable tale of slavery in the American South</b></p> <p><i>Once I lived in a place where demons dwelled. I was one of them.</i></p><p>Ginny lives on her husbands pig farm ninety miles from nowhere. Far from the paradise she was promised, this is a bleak place and her husband, Linus, a cruel master. His girls, Cleome and Zinnia, are Ginnys only friends, but when Linus attentions turn to them, Ginny is torn. When Linus dies, things change for everyone.</p><p><i>They helped me, but I never helped them.</i></p>

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Laird Hunt is the author of six novels, a collection of stories and two translations. A former United Nations press officer, Laird now teaches Creative Writing at the University of Denver. He and his wife, the poet Eleni Sikelianos, live in Boulder, Colorado, with their daughter, Eva Grace. His work has been published in eight languages.<i>Kind One</i>, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and won the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction.<i></i>

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