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After his wife's death, retired professor Sam Zelinsky returns to Kentucky where he hopes to find peace by reaching out to the troubled granddaughter of a childhood friend who, after they both witnessed a terrible event, led a tragic life.
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A Far Piece to Canaan is a warm and nostalgic novel from an unexpected source: Sam Halpern, whose salty paternal wisdom made Justin Halpern&;s Sh*t My Dad Says a phenomenal bestseller. Inspired by Sam Halpern&;s childhood in rural Kentucky, A Far Piece to Canaan tells the story of Samuel Zelinsky, a celebrated but troubled former professor who reluctantly returns after his wife&;s death to the Kentucky hills where he lived as a child to reconnect with long-buried memories and make good on a forgotten promise. A tale of superstition, secrets, and heroism in the postwar South, A Far Piece to Canaan: A Novel of Friendship and Redemption is the surprising and moving debut of a gifted storyteller.
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