The Coal Tattoo: A Novel

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Two sisters cant stand to live together but cant bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash the other desperately wants to have child. This is whats at the heart of Silas Houses third masterful novel which tells the story of Easter and Anneth tragically left parentles as children who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town. Easter is deeply religious keeps a good home believes in tradition and is intent on rearing her wild younger sister properly. Anneth is untamable full of passion determined to live hard and fast. Its only a matter of time before their predilections split their paths and nearly undo their bond. How these two women learn to overcome their past sacrifice deeply for each other and live together again in the only place that matters is the story of The Coal Tattoo. Silas Houses work has been described as compelling seamless breathtaking heartbreaking eloquent stunningly beautiful and exquisite. In The Coal Tattoo he raises the bar once again.