A Far Piece to Canaan

*A Far Piece to Canaan* is a warm and nostalgic novel from an unexpected source: Sam Halpern, whose salty paternal wisdom made Justin Halpern’s *Sh*t My Dad Says* a phenomenal bestseller.

Inspired by Sam Halpern’s childhood in rural Kentucky, *A Far Piece to Canaan* tells the story of Samuel Zelinsky, a celebrated but troubled former professor who reluctantly returns after his wife’s death to the Kentucky hills where he lived as a child to reconnect with long-buried memories and make good on a forgotten promise.

A tale of superstition, secrets, and heroism in the postwar South, *A Far Piece to Canaan: A Novel of Friendship and Redemption* is the surprising and moving debut of a gifted storyteller.