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| Author | Tawni O'Dell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press/Allen Lane |
Publication date | December 1999 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 338 pp (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-670-88760-9 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-451-20234-1 (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 40891038 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3565.D428 B33 2000 |
| Preceded by | None, Back Roads was Tawni's first published novel. |
| Followed by | Coal Run (June 2004), Sister Mine (March 2007) |
Back Roads is the 1999 novel by the American writer Tawni O'Dell, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in March 2000.[1][2][3][4]
Describing her novel and characters during an interview in 2000, O'Dell said:[5]
"I didn't see it as a novel of redemption.... To me, Harley was the hero of this book. He was doing the best he could with what he had.... There'd definitely not be that riding off into the sunset kind of hope."
- ^ Brink, Julie A. "Six unpublished novels later, Tawni O'Dell hits pay dirt with Oprah book club." State College, Pennsylvania: Centre Daily Times, September 17, 2000, p. C3 (subscription required).
- ^ Cloonan, Patrick. "Tawni O'Dell: Indiana High School grad strikes publishing gold." Indiana, Pennsylvania: The Indiana Gazette, July 3, 2019.
- ^ Hoover, Bob. "Coming home gives Tawni O'Dell a new lease on writing." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 6, 2004, p. E-5 (subscription required).
- ^ Weeks, Linton. "High roads and back roads." Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The Ottawa Citizen, June 24, 2000, p. E10 (subscription required).
- ^ Brink, "Six unpublished novels later, Tawni O'Dell hits pay dirt with Oprah book club," Centre Daily Times, September 17, 2000.