Holding On To Nothing
Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne
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- Successful first novel now in paperback: Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019 by The Millions, named one of the 25 Books to read in the second half of 2019 by The Week, and named one of the 5 Hottest Debuts of Fall 2019 by The Writer
- New readers' guide included in paperback edition
- Themes of this novel—low-opportunity rural areas, guns, and alcoholism—remain exceedingly relevant.
- Author was a favorite among booksellers and readers, and many have expressed interest in a paperback.
Contributor Bio
Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne
grew up in the Appalachian foothills of East Tennessee. A graduate of Amherst College, her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Broad River Review, and Barren Magazine, among others. Her debut novel Holding On To Nothing won an IPPY gold for Best Regional Fiction from the South and was long-listed for the Clara Johnson Award. She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and four children.
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