This is a story of family, the closeness and the distance that can exist. We can be so close to those we love and yet at moments be strangers to them.
There is also the dynamic of the rural tenant and landlord – close neighbours over generations, and yet an unequal relationship, one could put the other out of their home essentially on a whim.
There is an exploration of race, how does a black man fit into this rural community?
And, in a spoiler, there is a final revelation of a same-sex love.
There is a lot going on in this book and I think I read parts of it while rather tired and so found it hard to really get to grips with the richness of it properly.
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