The stone catchers : a novel / Laura Leigh Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Laura Leigh, author.

Language:

English

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

211 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2024]

Summary:

"In a span of minutes, the lives of four members of Brickton Community College change forever when an active shooter enters the campus and opens fire. Running on adrenaline and fear, the group-a crew of students and their teacher-subdues the perpetrator in a violent frenzy that leads to the man's death. Reeling from the shock of their collective actions, the group is thrown into turmoil when they realize that the person they have killed is someone they all knew. Narrated in alternating voices and set against the backdrop of an economically depressed Appalachian town, Laura Leigh Morris's The Stone Catchers explores the immeasurable pain and loss felt by the survivors of a school shooting. Forced to process the horror of the event, mourn, and to reconcile themselves to their newfound recognition as local heroes, the survivors grapple with the losses suffered by their community and their own actions. In the process they come face to face with the unquantifiable cost gun violence takes on not only the survivors, but the families, friends, and futures of a community fractured by tragedy"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781985900547

1985900548

9781985900554

1985900556

OCLC:

1401655047