I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Steve Earle
Jan 2012 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
5.0star
2 reviews
Ebook
243
Pages
About this ebook
Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit, and cinematic energy he projects in his music. I ll Never Get Out of This World Alive is like a dream you can t shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades. Patti Smith
Shot through with humor and insight and . . . enough action and intriguing characters in it to keep readers turning pages. Boston Globe
Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally.
In 1963, ten years after he may have given Hank the morphine shot that killed him, Doc has lost his license. Living in the red-light district of San Antonio, he performs abortions and patches up the odd knife wound to feed his addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighborhood in search of Doc s services, miraculous things begin to happen. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank s angry ghost who isn t at all pleased to see Doc doing well.
Praise for Steve Earle:
Earle s writing never lacks heart. New York Times Book Review
As he does in his songs, Earle finds the tenuous points of emotional connection between characters who are living not only on the edges of their own ability to cope, but often on the very margins of society itself. Rolling Stone
STEVE EARLE, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, actor, and activist, is the author of Doghouse Roses. He has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums and has appeared on film and television, with celebrated roles in The Wire and Treme.
www.steveearle.com
Shot through with humor and insight and . . . enough action and intriguing characters in it to keep readers turning pages. Boston Globe
Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally.
In 1963, ten years after he may have given Hank the morphine shot that killed him, Doc has lost his license. Living in the red-light district of San Antonio, he performs abortions and patches up the odd knife wound to feed his addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighborhood in search of Doc s services, miraculous things begin to happen. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank s angry ghost who isn t at all pleased to see Doc doing well.
Praise for Steve Earle:
Earle s writing never lacks heart. New York Times Book Review
As he does in his songs, Earle finds the tenuous points of emotional connection between characters who are living not only on the edges of their own ability to cope, but often on the very margins of society itself. Rolling Stone
STEVE EARLE, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, actor, and activist, is the author of Doghouse Roses. He has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums and has appeared on film and television, with celebrated roles in The Wire and Treme.
www.steveearle.com
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5.0
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January 1, 2013
What a great story, told by an amazing story teller!
About the author
STEVE EARLE is a singer-songwriter, actor, activist, and the author of a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, the story collection Doghouse Roses. He has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums, including the Grammy winners The Revolution Starts Now, Washington Square Serenade, and Townes. He has appeared on film and television, with celebrated roles in The Wire and Treme. His album entitled I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive was produced by T Bone Burnett. He often tours with his wife, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer.
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