
Review: Pale Harvest
Kevin Coopersmith
Pale Harvest
Braden Hepner
Fiction
Torrey House Press, pp. 366
Paperback Cost: $17.00
This theme of life and land presents itself throughout Braden Hepner’s debut novel. As time passes and generations turn over, the land that makes up the small, aging town of Juniper Scrag proves itself to be as present a character in the narrative as Blair Selvedge: Jack’s work-wrought grandfather. While life in Juniper Scrag has held steady in its decay, the effect of time begins to unravel, taking its toll on the land and its citizens.