Jim the Boy: A Novel

A fatherless ten-year-old boy comes of age in a Depression-era, southern farming community in this charming and humorous debut novel.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

"Rich and satisfying . . . A novel that perfectly captures the innocence and confusion and wonder of childhood." —Chicago Tribune

Hailed as one of those rare works with the power to enchant readers of all ages, this luminous novel tells the story of a boy growing up in a small North Carolina town during the Great Depress...