Slow Way Home - Softcover

." echoes of Harper Lee.or of Flannery O'Connor's Southern grotesques . . . or even of Huck Finn.. " -- Washington Post

"a compulsively readable novel with many fine passages on the importance of home and the comforts of faith."--Booklist

.".. echoes of Harper Lee...or of Flannery O'Connor's Southern grotesques . . . or even of Huck Finn.... "--Washington Post

"Morris excels in creating the child's voice.... an inspiring portrait of a true survivor."--BookPage

"[E]motional and fast-paced . . . the social issues covered make this an intelligent book for debate."---- Southern Scribe, 9/03

"[B]oth contemporary and timeless...read the book and savor for yourself Brandon's redemption ...."---- Mobile Register, 9/27/03

"Brandon Willard may well be one of the most endearing novel narrators since Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird."---- Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 9/28/03

"A gentle story suffused with brutal truths, almost fable-like in its resonant simplicity.....a journey well worth taking."----Tim Farrington, author of The Monk Downstairs

"Slow Way Home is a warm, witty, fresh, and innovative novel."----Homer Hickam, author of October Sky

"Slow Way Home is a journey of the human spirit and its themes... make it a novel for the ages."----Richard Paul Evans, author of The Christmas Box

When a drug-addicted mother successfully regains legal custody of her young son, he flees with his protective grandparents, who assume new identities in a turbulent southern town. By the author of A Place Called Wiregrass. Reprint.