Donna Everhart
Author
Language
English
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Description
In Georgia's Swallow Hill turpentine camp in 1932, Rae Lynn Cobb, disguised as a man, hides out from those who would wrongly accuse her for murdering her husband and struggles to survive harsh, brutal conditions with the help of two individuals with their own tragic pasts.
In the dense pine forests of North Carolina turpentiners hack into tree trunks to draw out the sticky sap that gives the Tar Heel State its nickname. Rae Lynn Cobb and her husband,...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
A remarkable debut from the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, composed in a voice as sure and resonant as that of The Secret Life of Bees. This story about mothers and daughters, the guilt and pain that pass between generations, and the truths that are impossible to hide, especially from ourselves, will take readers on a heartfelt and heartbreaking journey.
"Young Dixie Dupree is an indomitable spirit in this...
"Young Dixie Dupree is an indomitable spirit in this...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
With her husband and son off at war, and the burden of running the farm falling to her, Joetta, shunned because she doesn’t support the Confederacy’s position on slavery, finds one act of kindness bringing her family to the edge of even greater disaster.