What You Have Left, Will Allison
What You Have Left, Will Allison
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What You Have Left

Author: Will Allison

Narrator: Jonathan Hogan, Angela Rogers, Joseph Collins

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/05/2008


Synopsis

Just after her mother's funeral, five-year-old Holly is dropped off by her father at her grandfather's South Carolina dairy farm. It will be 30 years before Holly sees her father again-plenty of time to develop a fondness for drinking and video poker. And also plenty of time to contemplate why her father abandoned her. "Loss and redemption take center stage in story writer Allison's beautifully written debut novel."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mayda

Everybody has problems, but it seems like the people in Will Allison’s novel, What You Have Left, have nothing but problems. And how do they cope with these problems? They lie, cheat, smoke, gamble, sleep around, vandalize, kill, commit suicide, drink, run away, and abandon a child. And yet, through......more

I enjoyed this book a great deal. The story of a father who abandons his daughter after her strong-willed, race-car driving mother dies. The father and daughter's eventual reunification is the crux, but only a facet of the tale. It's one of those quiet, seemingly effortless studies, told from from v......more

Goodreads review by Colleen

I received this book as a first read from Goodreads. I have to say I was disappointed in this book. From the description it sounds like a redemptive, heart warming book that might showcase some dark times but, in the end, show that most people are good at heart. Instead I could only find one characte......more