A Piece of My Heart Author: Richard Ford
	Book Information Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 1 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9780002716222 - ISBN-10: 0002716224 Publication Date: 6/1/1987

Ford's mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he's looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that's as shocking as it is inevitable.

"This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can't be unbiased. I'm mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle