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Live Free or Die by Ernest Hebert (Paperback, 2014)

You stay in your hometown, you end up more of a stranger than if you'd started new someplace else.The struggle between the indigeus rural working class and the upper crust intensifies in this turning-point vel of the Darby Chronicles as Freddy Elman, son of the town trash collector, and Lilith Salmon, daughter of a prestigious family, embark on their ill-fated love affair. Seeing Darby through new eyes, Freddy comes to realize that the kind of people who hunkered down among these tree-infested, rock-strewn hills is dying out, replaced by people with money, education, culture, people `wise in the ways of the world.' As that world increasingly intervenes, the lovers' attempt to bridge the chasm that divides their class-alienated families inevitably collapses. This is a book for anyone interested in local politics, privilege, and poverty, all embedded in a story of love and death in the woods and on the ledges of the Granite State.

Place of Publication
Hanover
Author Biography
ERNEST HEBERT resides in a pleasant town outside Keene, teaches English in the small college town of Hanover, and spends a good deal of time in the imaginary Darby, all three situated in New Hampshire. For more about author Ernest Hebert and the Darby Chronicles go to erniehebert.com.
Date of Publication
02/09/2014
Country of Publication
United States

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