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Publisher's Summary
Annadel, West Virginia, was a small town rich in coal, farms, and close-knit families, all destroyed when the coal company came in. It stole everything it hadn't bothered to buy - land deeds, private homes, and ultimately, the souls of its men and women.
Four people tell this powerful, deeply moving tale: Activist Mayor C. J. Marcum. Fierce, loveless union man Rondal Lloyd. Gutsy nurse Carrie Bishop, who loved Rondal. And lonely Sicilian immigrant Rosa Angelelli, who lost four sons to the deadly mines.
They all bear witness to nearly forgotten events of history, culminating in the final, tragic Battle of Blair Mountain - when the United States Army greeted 10,000 unemployed pro-union miners with airplanes, bombs, and poison gas. It was the first crucial battle of a war that has yet to be won.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-16-19
UNION!!!!!
As a West Virginian with generations of family being coal miners and union organizers, I absolutely LOVED this book. I think it really stayed true to what coal miners, their families, and local residents went through when the detectives agencies and mine bosses took over. If you ever want to understand the heart of Appalachia, READ THIS BOOK.
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- 07-08-22
Great book!
Absolutely love this book and most of the narration is pretty good. The one exception is the female narrator who does Carrie Bishop. She uses this funny pre-fab cadence when she speaks that not only seems to have nothing to do what she’s saying, but is completely at odds with the character. It didn’t ruin the book for me but … made those chapters frustrating and prevented me from connecting as deeply with that character as I’d like.
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Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-six years earlier, Sammy Went, a two-year-old girl vanished from her home in Kentucky. An American accountant who contacts Kim is convinced she was that child, kidnapped just after her birthday. She cannot believe the woman who raised her, a loving social worker who died of cancer four years ago, crossed international lines to steal a toddler. But with proof she and Sammy are in fact the same person, Kim travels to America to reunite with a family she never knew she had and to solve the mystery of her abduction.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Surprised by the great reviews...
- By Carole on 03-07-19
By: Christian White
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Fair and Tender Ladies
- By: Lee Smith
- Narrated by: Kate Forbes
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 311
Author of many novels and short stories, best-selling writer Lee Smith has received numerous awards for her works, including two O. Henry Awards. Fair and Tender Ladies is an epistolary novel that traces the life of Ivy Rowe, born in the isolated Virginia mountain community of Sugar Fork.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fair and Tender Ladies
- By Deanna on 10-16-04
By: Lee Smith
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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
- By: Elizabeth Catte
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of America's recent fascination with the people and problems of the region. The audiobook analyzes trends in contemporary writing on Appalachia, presents a brief history of Appalachia with an eye toward unpacking Appalachian stereotypes, and provides examples of writing, art, and policy created by Appalachians as opposed to for Appalachians. The audiobook offers a much-needed insider's perspective on the region.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Stop trying to make us fit into your ideology
- By Anonymous User on 03-08-19
By: Elizabeth Catte
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Saints and Villains
- By: Denise Giardina
- Narrated by: Susan O'Malley
- Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
In the charnel house that was Europe in the Second World War, there were few instances of shining moral courage, let alone secular sainthood. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and Nazi resister, was the exception. This emblematic figure risked his life, and finally lost it, through his participation in a failed plot to assassinate Hitler and topple his regime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a story most relevant today
- By Connie on 05-28-08
By: Denise Giardina
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 767
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,708
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Parchment of Leaves
- By: Silas House
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous listen!
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a treat!
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5 out of 5 stars
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May this South never rise again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but 18 years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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