Coal Run

Coal Run is a community of ghosts and memories, where a mining explosion that caused the deaths of so many men and the transformation of their families still reverberates a generation later. Driven by the same raw energy, humor, suspense, and compassion for a place and way of life so evident in O'Dell's New York Times bestseller Back Roads, Coal Run is a story about letting go of the goals of greatness for the ordinary grace of good work, family love, and acceptance of where you come from.