The Weight of This World

Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut, Where All Light Tends to Go , was hailed as “a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of Southern literature” ( The Huffington Post ), returns to the mountains of North Carolina with a powerful story about the inescapable weight of the past. A combat veteran returned from war, Thad Broom can’t leave the hardened world of Afghanistan behind, nor can he forgive himself for what he saw there. His moth