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And Silent Left the Place

And Silent Left the Place

by Elizabeth Bruce October 2021 In Print

Winner of the Fiction Prize 2021

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A silent old man climbs into his secret hole, burdened by his Great War bargain–his voice for life with his beloved. On this night in April 1963, the burden of silence passes from old to young. The debut novel of Texas native Elizabeth Bruce is a lyric tale of violence, redemption, and love reclaimed through the cruel dry land of Texas.

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  • ISBN: 9781941551288trade$18.95Official on-sale date: October 15, 2021
  • ISBN: 9781941551073ebook$2.99Official on-sale date: October 15, 2021

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Elizabeth Bruce

Photo Credit: K Whipple Photography

Elizabeth Bruce

Elizabeth Bruce’s Universally Adored & Other One Dollar Stories, was recently released by Vine Leaves Press. Her debut novel, And Silent Left the Place, won Washington Writers’ Publishing House’s Fiction Prize, with Foreword Magazine and Texas Institute of Letters’ distinctions. She’s been published in stories in the USA and thirteen countries.

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