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ICYMI: North Carolina author Rash offers a fascinating, Appalachian-set mystery told from various points In One Foot in Eden, Will Alexander is a small-town-Appalachia sheriff, and he's certain that Holland Carolina's Rash (he teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other books set in Appalachia

Smith evokes a vivid sense of the regional South in her fiction, and in this memoir she traces her Appalachian In her memoir Dimestore, Lee Smith traces her beginnings in the Appalachian coal-mining town of Grundy What could have been simply a charming memoir about growing up in Appalachia and an account the incredible Lee Smith has written numerous fictional stories about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender

Ron Rash's newest Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean Carolina's Rash (he teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other books set in Appalachia

The newest Barbara Kingsolver book, which has been called an Appalachian David Copperfield, is epic. book inspired Demon Copperhead, in which Kingsolver showcases the invisibility of the rural poor in Appalachia

Carolina's Rash (he teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other books set in Appalachia

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Tiffany McDaniel's Appalachian-set novel Betty with my book club 01 Betty by Tiffany McDaniel In Tiffany McDaniel's novel Betty, set in the foothills of Appalachia, a

Richardson focuses her historical fiction on Kentucky again, picking up the story of the rural book delivery, Blue People, friendship, hardship, tragedy, and triumph that she first explored in The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. The Book Woman's Daughter is Kim Michele Richardson's stand-alone sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, a book I listened to as an audiobook and loved. The story picks up with teenage Honey, Cussy's daughter, while Cussy and her husband are suffering persecution--leaving Honey on her own. Richardson writes about strong Kentuckians and their environment, and in The Book Woman's Daughter she delves back into the rural "book lady" route as well as remote nurses, moonshiners, fire-spotters, and other mountain folk characters who help or harm Honey as she fights for independence in a time when many don't think a young woman should make her own decisions. Multiple members of the community pitch in with support and supplies to meet Honey's needs and stand by her as her situation changes and her status becomes more tenuous. Others seek to take advantage of Honey's vulnerable, isolated position. The characters who are "bad" are truly evil here, without gray areas or complex motivations to add layers to their terrible actions. The story made me feel fairly confident that justice would be served in these matters--but some of these villains' (sometimes puzzlingly dark) efforts can't be undone. I didn't connect to the characters the way I did while following Cussy through her delivery route in The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek--or while she investigated her blue color, its causes, and her feelings about either changing her color to avoid conflict and make others more comfortable, or being her natural self regardless of others' opinions (with misogynist laws backing up frightening power). The book's biggest strengths for me were the vivid setting and Richardson's powerful exploration of women's limitations and struggles to gain autonomy. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Click here for my review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites, and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved.

In the northern Appalachian mountains, Cooper and his young daughter Finch live in complete isolation

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven; and Kimi Cunningham Grant's recent novel set in the remote forest of Appalachia Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire. 03 These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant In the northern Appalachian

By exploring an area of rural Appalachia where cell phone signals and Wi-Fi are banned, journalist Stephen

Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming Appalachian setting? Check. Tough female protagonist? Check. Rural librarian? Check. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is set in 1936 in the rural Appalachians, centering around the character

Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence by Stephen Kurczy By exploring an area of rural Appalachia

based on the author's family stories of difficulties, abuse, tragedies, and a hardscrabble life in the Appalachian In Tiffany McDaniel's novel Betty--set in the foothills of Appalachia and based upon her own family's

But he also explores hillbilly and Appalachian culture and how as an insider he feels it contributes He explores what he presents as destructive Appalachian cultural norms—fighting, distrusting the government #nonfiction, #memoir, #appalachian, #politicssocialjustice, #threestarbookreview

North Carolina's Rash (he teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other Appalachia-set

Lee Smith has written numerous fictional stories about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender Here she traces her beginnings in the Appalachian coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, where the background What could have been an interesting and charming memoir about growing up in Appalachia and the incredible

The newest Barbara Kingsolver book, which has been called an Appalachian David Copperfield, is epic. book inspired Demon Copperhead, in which Kingsolver showcases the invisibility of the rural poor in Appalachia

His book In the Wild Light, a book about best friends set in Appalachia, will be published in August.

The newest Barbara Kingsolver book, which has been called an Appalachian David Copperfield, is epic. book inspired Demon Copperhead, in which Kingsolver showcases the invisibility of the rural poor in Appalachia

it in for them; I'm reading Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's newest fiction, described as an Appalachian Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Ahhhh, a new Barbara Kingsolver book, and one that's been called an Appalachian

Cutie Grackle lives in a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains with her dim-witted, muttering Uncle Horace

I love reading novels with Southern, Appalachian, and specifically North Carolina settings. Click here for my full review of When Ghosts Come Home. 04 The Caretaker by Ron Rash Ron Rash's Appalachian-set

Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian Appalachian setting? Check. Tough female protagonist? Check. Rural librarian? Check. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is set in 1936 in the rural Appalachians, centering around the character

beyond missing him: he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle rental houses in her Appalachian

Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is historical fiction set in 1936 in the rural Appalachians

she soon finds that he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle rental houses in her Appalachian

Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian Appalachian setting? Check. Tough female protagonist? Check. Rural librarian? Check.

I love an Appalachian-set story.

Click here for my full review of The Great Transition. 03 The Caretaker by Ron Rash Ron Rash's newest Appalachian-set

review of this book, please see October in the Earth. 03 The Caretaker by Ron Rash Ron Rash's newest Appalachian-set

Cutie Grackle lives in a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains with her dim-witted, muttering Uncle Horace

Cutie Grackle lives in a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains with her dim-witted, muttering Uncle Horace

beyond missing him: he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle rental houses in her Appalachian