Theriot, Travis
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In Jesse's Will, seventy-three-year-old Jesse Latimer tells a story almost six decades old. In 1963, at the age of fourteen, Jesse enjoys an idyllic l
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ife of comfort and privilege on the South Carolina coast until a devastating tragedy upends his world. Grief-stricken, Jesse is forced to leave his beloved Simon Beach to live in the North Carolina Mountains with his conservative uncle, a devoted member of a cultish, fundamentalist religion. Jesse tackles bullies, racism, misogyny, child abuse, fanatics, and criminals, but he still manages to fall in love and show the community what one "willful child" can do.
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