Ebook {Epub PDF} The Line That Held Us by David Joy

 · David Joy's new novel The Line That Held Us begins with a terrible accident. Darl Moody is looking to poach a deer in the woods, when he accidentally kills another man — Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. The Line That Held Us is a story of friendship and family, a tale balanced between destruction and redemption where the only hope is to hold on tight, clenching to those you love. What will you do for the people who mean the most, and what will you grasp to when all that you have is gone? The Line That Held Us Quotes Showing of 8. “Empathy's not standing over a hole looking down and saying you understand. Empathy is having been in that hole yourself.”. ― Author: David Joy.

David Joy writes in Ron Rash's territory—The Line That Held Us is set in Jackson County, North Carolina; Rash is a professor at a school in Jackson County—so the comparison is inevitable. Joy writes brilliantly, and I was almost ready to proclaim that he has exceeded Rash early in the book, but I was ultimately let down a bit. Preview — The Line That Held Us by David Joy. The Line That Held Us Quotes Showing of 8. "Empathy's not standing over a hole looking down and saying you understand. Empathy is having been in that hole yourself.". ― David Joy, The Line That Held Us. David Joy is the author of the Edgar nominated novel Where All Light Tends to Go (Putnam, ), as well as the novels The Weight Of This World (Putnam, ), The Line That Held Us (Putnam, ), and When These Mountains Burn (Putnam, ).

David Joy is the author of The Weight of This World, Where All Light Tends to Go, and The Line That Held Us, an Edgar finalist for Best First Novel. His stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in a number of publications, and he is the author of the memoir Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey. “The Line That Held Us,” by David Joy But now, as the novel barrels close to violent retribution, it stutters and hesitates. The end comes out of left field, not at all what we were led to expect. David Joy's new novel The Line That Held Us begins with a terrible accident. Darl Moody is looking to poach a deer in the woods, when he accidentally kills another man — Carol Brewer, who is.