Earl in the Yellow Shirt

From a new literary star and acclaimed author of <em>Pawpaw Patch Necessary Lies </em>and <em>Dark of the Moon</em> comes the haunting and poignant novel of a family in crisis set in the backwoods of Georgia.<p>Meet the Scurvy family an impoverished clan who are the scourge of their small white-trash community. Mother has died in childbirth leaving behind her newborn and four uneducated children. Father a toothless and slothful man cannot muster the money for her funeral. Their 15-year-old daughter the only girl among three brothers realizes that the newborn infant is now hers to raise; something that will finally put meaning into her life. And the brothers find themselves enlisted by the town's corrupt bigwig to run moonshine -- a risky venture but the only way they'll be able to earn the money to bury their mother.<p>Written in a powerful voice unique to Daugharty <em>Earl in the Yellow Shirt</em> is narrated in alternating chapters by each of the main characters their voices corning to the story with different nuances of hope and despair. It is a compelling work that solidifies Daugharty's versatile storytelling talents.