Book details

  • Genre:family & relationships
  • Sub-genre:Siblings
  • Language:English
  • Pages:250
  • eBook ISBN:9798317824600

Ringer

By Marshall Terry

Overview

Joe Ringer hasn't been home for years, but his mother, Eliza, can still feel her son in her bones. So she guilts Bill, her devoted second son, to search for him in all of his prior haunts. Thus begins n urban prodigal son story set against the Dallas, Texas landscape, which is as much a character as each family member. Ringer is a yearning tale told with humor and emotion, taking the reader on a family's journey of love, loyalty, ache and forgiveness.
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Description

Joe Ringer hasn't been home for years, but his mother, Eliza, can still feel her son in her bones. So she guilts Bill, her devoted second son, to search for him in all of his prior haunts. Thus begins n urban prodigal son story set against the Dallas, Texas landscape, which is as much a character as each family member. Ringer is a yearning tale told with humor and emotion, taking the reader on a family's journey of love, loyalty, ache and forgiveness. This edition includes a foreward by Mary Terry Benton.
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About The Author

Marshall Terry was a beloved English Professor at Southern Methodist University, his alma mater, for over 50 years. During his tenure, he founded the creative writing program, the SMU Literary Festival and drafted the academic master plan. He was the author of nine novels, a book of short stories, a non-fiction history of SMU and a Memoir (all listed below). He was married to Antoinette Barksdale Terry and they had two children, Antoinette Terry Bryant and Mary Terry Benton (Chip) and four grandchildren, Jessica, John, Will and Marshall. Marsh passed away on December 24, 2016.
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