Length4h 51m
About this audiobook
**THE LONG AND THE LEAN**
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In the hollows of Harlan County, Kentucky, the Feltner family endures. Dellwood works the mine until the mine works its way into his lungs. Retta tends her garden after every flood and prays through every wall. Boyd carries more than any man should and sets it down too late. And Eli — the quiet one, the one who pays attention — grows up to do the one thing nobody expects and the one thing everyone needs: he comes back.
Spanning fifty years of Appalachian life, *The Long and the Lean* is a novel about what gets passed down and what gets buried, about the teacher who changes everything with a book from a bottom drawer, and about the kind of love that doesn't announce itself but simply remains.
*Some stories are told. Some are lived. This one is both.*
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Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length4 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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