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Walk softly on this heart of mine : a novel / Callie Collins.
"Against the vibrant, bluesy backdrop of 1970s Austin, Texas, this shimmering debut follows the collision between hicks and hipsters that ultimately results in tragedy"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385548847 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiii, 216 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Doubleday hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2025.
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| Genre: | Queer fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Colli | 31681010411288 | FICTION | Available | - |
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In 1970s Austin, Texas, a struggling honky-tonk bar on the cityâs outskirts is revived by a blues band, intertwining the lives of a guitarist chasing fame, a conflicted bar owner, and a boy grappling with identity, leading to a communityâs turbulent transformation. - Random House, Inc.
Against the vibrant,bluesy backdrop of 1970s Austin, Texas, this electrifying debut charts the scorching chaos of perpetual change.
It's 1975 in Austin, and the Rush Creek Saloon, five miles west of town, is a bar without a crowd. But when a strange new house band takes the stage, the hippies roll in and the good ole boys find their way back. Told in a trio of voicesâa guitarist chasing what may be his last shot at success; a bar owner trying to see a future in her lifeless marriage; and a young kid from East Texas desperate for kinship, or at least something to take the damn edge offâWalk Softly on This Heart of Mine delivers a riotous love song to an enigmatic city.
In her heartfelt, shimmering rockabilly ode to a place in a permanent state of becoming,Callie Collins captures the roughhousing mood and paradoxical longings of the American psyche. Just inside the doors of the Rush Creek Saloon, the old smacks into the newâand the messy desire for a good time at any cost bucks up against the profound need to belong.
