Back Roads
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| Author | Tawni O'Dell |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press/Allen Lane |
| Released | January 2000 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 338 p. (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-670-88760-9 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-451-20234-1 (paperback edition) |
Back Roads is the 2000 novel by Tawni O'Dell, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in March of 2000.
[edit] Plot introduction
Harley Altmyer, a nineteen-year-old, has to care for his three sisters as his mother is in jail for killing his abusive father. Living in the coal town of Laurel Falls in backwoods Pennsylvania, he lusts after a mother of two who lives down the lane.
[edit] Plot summary
Altmyer works at a Shop Rite with two work mates, Church & Bud, for the useless Rick. And he has a second part-time job at Barklay's Appliances.
[edit] Characters in "Back Roads"
- Harley Altmyer – main character, son, brother, teenager
- Amber Altmyer – eldest of Harley's three younger sisters
- Jody Altmyer – youngest sister
- Misty Altmyer – middle sister
- Bud – his work colleague
- Church – his work colleague
- Rick – Harley's boss at Shop Rite
- Callie Mercer – neighbor, wife of the bank manager
- Brad Mercer – the bank manager, Callie's husband
- Esme Mercer – Callie's daughter, Jody's neighbor friend
- Zack Mercer – Callie and Brad's three year-old son
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