Hardscrabble Road - by George Weinstein (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

THE ENTIRE MACLEOD CLAN IS HAUNTED BY SECRETS--and young Roger "Bud" MacLeod doesn't realize he carries the biggest secret of all. Growing up poor in Depression-era South Georgia is hard enough, but Bud is also cursed with a stutter and a birthmark that disfigures his face. His hateful father and amoral mother make life worse still, despite his brothers' efforts to shield him. To survive in body and soul, Bud must discover his strengths and confront the sins of his parents. First, though, he'll need to grasp his own truth: that he can't embrace his future until he comes to terms with his past.

Review Quotes

"Reading Hardscrabble Road is like discovering To Kill a Mockingbird when no one else knew about it . . . one day it may also be considered a classic." --Jackie K Cooper, author of Memory's Mist, and critic for The Huffington Post

"Bud fights to save his own soul with determination and heart. Hardscrabble Road is a bittersweet and gripping story that will steal your heart." --Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author

"Pitch-perfect characters and evocative details make Hardscrabble Road a ride you won't want to end. I was on board from the first gritty page." --Lynn Cullen, author of Twain's End

"In the tradition of Erskine Caldwell and Harry Crews, Weinstein has written a novel filled with rage, violence . . . and--deep-down--tenderness and wonder." --George Singleton, author of Calloustown

"Hardscrabble Road does what fine literature has always done: it reveals the tragedy and the tender hope of humanity. This is an effort to be celebrated." --Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie