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The Tulip Poplars

By: Silas House
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Torian Brackett, Charlie Thurston, Carly Larson, Winsome Brown
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Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s, yet Tom cannot shake his strict religious upbringing nor the responsibilities of his family’s farm. His longtime friend Maeve also pines for a man she can’t have, lest she endanger his already tenuous life in a town and world shaped by racial lines. How do you live a life that feels untrue, and at what point do you risk everything?

The Tulip Poplars is a gorgeous and moving novel spanning most of the 20th century, centering on four people trying to find happiness in a world that demands conventional choices. House tells a deeply intimate story of faith and doubt, race and class, sexual desire and the longing to be good when you’ve been taught that you are evil for loving who you love. Based on the story of an ancestor, House’s new novel takes us from NYC to Southern cities to Appalachia and will leave you with a bigger heart. Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Critic Reviews

“Set in a world of lush beauty and dangerous prohibitions, this tender, big-hearted novel about the abiding power of love will move you to tears.”

—Thrity Umrigar, author of Honor and Missing Sam
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