The Unforgiving Minute

Ripped from the innocence of youth in a way that only raw poverty, heart-laden loss and life in a region of the world where it seems dreams come to die can accomplish, young Thomas Meek shares his world with those who understand the essence of survival. In the '60s and while the world watched elsewhere, reality in eastern Kentucky was defined by the tradition of birth, death and the often insurmountable fate that only faith could attempt to explain. Author D. Bruce Justice masterfully opens a window; a window through which the reader may breathe the coal-tinged winds, walk the sorrow-paved roads and understand acceptance that is governed by necessity. His words will absorb your soul so deeply you may believe the window has closed behind and you have now become yet another sepia-toned prisoner where time is measured in headstones and celebrations superstitiously ignored lest they invite misery in their place. A coming of age saga...for readers of any age.