Teenager Harley Altmyer's mother is in prison for murdering his father. What with work, three sisters to care for and a lousy sex life, things surely can't get much worse, or can they? He is about to find out when he begins an affair with a married woman.
Read More
Teenager Harley Altmyer's mother is in prison for murdering his father. What with work, three sisters to care for and a lousy sex life, things surely can't get much worse, or can they? He is about to find out when he begins an affair with a married woman.
Read Less
Add this copy of Back Roads (Oprah's Book Club) to cart. $4.13, new condition, Sold by Positive Tutors rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of Back Roads (Oprah's Book Club) to cart. $5.00, new condition, Sold by The Junk Store rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Russellville, KY, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of Back Roads to cart. $7.01, new condition, Sold by Thurgood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manila, UT, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of Back Roads (Oprah's Book Club) to cart. $7.03, new condition, Sold by Zebras Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Somerset, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of Back Roads to cart. $7.70, new condition, Sold by Keeper of the Page rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Enumclaw, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking.
Add this copy of Back Roads (Oprah's Book Club) to cart. $7.75, new condition, Sold by MEADOWLANDMEDIA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from fayetteville, AR, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of Back Roads (Oprah's Book Club) to cart. $11.50, new condition, Sold by Chidoc5 Rare Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Highland Park, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of Back Roads to cart. $16.23, new condition, Sold by GreatBookPrices rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbia, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Berkley Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Back Roads flirts with a host of Appalachian cliché?s. Incest, abuse, molestation, alcoholism and infidelity sounds like a recipe of disaster for a first time novelist. Somehow, though, Ms. O?Dell pulls it off.
Fueled by anger and lust, Back Roads reads like a redneck Streetcar Named Desire barreling full bore for a brick wall. The protagonist, Harley Altmyer is a nineteen year old boy who finds himself the head of household of a troubled and destitute family. He is, by turns, funny, tragic, flawed and immensely sympathetic. The author does a deft job of slowly doling out the twists and sordid details and, though she dances a little too close to the cliché?s sometimes, the strength of her straight-ahead prose and eye for detail carries the story.