R. P. Burnham
10-Digit ISBN 0976627450
13-Digit ISBN 9780976627456
202 pages
Paperback
$12.95

Samuel Jellerson, 56 and forced into early retirement, is walking in the woods behind the family farm in Maine one fall day when he witnesses a priest molesting a boy. From this one event all the action in the novel follows and draws a wide cross section of the town — a frantic mother, an idealistic teenage girl, a brooding, alienated young man, a priest, a minister, a swamp yankee, a lonely old man, a happy-go-lucky plumber, and many others — into a theme that explores the nature of evil and its antidote empathy, the force that creates community, fellow-feeling and a sense of responsibility to others.

About the Author

R.P. Burnham edits The Long Story and has published fiction and essays in many literary magazines. The Least Shadow of Public Thought, a book of his essays was published in 1996 by Juniper Press. He is married to Kathy Fitzpatrick.