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Title	:	One Foot in Eden
Author	:	Ron Rash
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 214 pages
Published	:	January 3rd 2004 by Picador USA (first published 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. American. Southern. Gothic. Southern Gothic. Crime. Literary Fiction

One Foot in Eden

Ron Rash

Paperback | Pages: 214 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 4375 Users | 511 Reviews

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Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy, One Foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrival of one the most mature and distinctive voices in southern literature.

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Original Title:	One Foot in Eden
ISBN:	0312423055 (ISBN13: 9780312423056)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	South Carolina(United States)
Literary Awards:	Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Nominee for Fiction - General (Finalist) (2003)

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Ron Rash's debut novel was so engaging that I could not put it down, and read it in one evening. Although it involves a murder in 1950s Appalachian South Carolina, it is not a typical crime story. A few bad decisions by basically good people have a domino effect leading to a series of tragic events.Holland Winchester's mother told Sheriff Will Alexander that her son has disappeared. She heard gunshots and she was sure that Billy Holcombe murdered her son, but no body was found. The book is

I would think if you were a southern author and read this book you would be jealous. Rash's debut novel is a wonderful read. It's eerie, it's suspenseful, and it's southern gothic at its best. I loved how he broke the story into so many points of view. Rash is a fantastic writer that does "southern lit" justice! I like how in this book and in Serena he uses the land to show the hardships the Carolina people are exposed to. He has a way with story telling.

I was looking for a good writer, an intelligent and thoughtful writer, who wrote about the "mountain south." I found him in Ron Rash. One Foot in Eden was my first Ron Rash book and I have since read three more of his books and two volumes of his short stories. Rash is a native of the NC/SC mountains and currently teaches creative writing at Western Carolina U. He writes about the people of the southern Appalachians and he does it well. I recommend him to all of my friends and book store people.

Theres a column in our local Sunday newspaper where you can submit five titles of books youve recently read, and based on that, youre provided with the title of something they think would be the perfect fit for your next read. One Foot In Eden was that book. It was nothing I would have otherwise known about or picked up on my own, but as they predicted, it was a spot on moody read that I really got into.The story takes place in small town Appalachia, where the residents of the local hollows will



A murderous tale rendered beautifully. Multiple points of view and the author's slow unveiling of details really add to the suspense.-- I seldom even think of the books I am reading when I am at my job, it generally takes all of my focus and attention. This book however had me not just thinking of it, but in fact I was so intrigued to learn the rest of the story that I found myself plotting plausible reasons to leave work midafternoon to be back home reading again. Outstanding storytelling by

My third Rash novel (though his debut), I'm starting to see a real pattern in Rash's storytelling. In addition to falling in the Southern Gothic genre with all that represents, nature is also a common theme in his books, to the point that it almost becomes another character.Told in multiple first person points of view, "One Foot in Eden" is a murder mystery of sorts that's not so much a who-done-it as a how-done-it and why-done-it. With each new point of view a different layer of the story is