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Learned so much, felt so close to, old New York State in the early 1800's.
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🐕 Good, steady paceBy Ilyon Woo,
1 author picked The Great Divorce as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Opiod crisis in Appalalchia with a real deep dive into what it means for various types of people.
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🐕 Good, steady paceBy Carter Sickels,
1 author picked The Evening Hour as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Most of the wealth in Dove Creek, West Virginia, is in the earth-in the coal seams that have provided generations with a way of life. Born and raised here, twenty-seven-year-old Cole Freeman has sidestepped work as a miner to become an aide in a nursing home. He's got a shock of bleached blond hair and a gentle touch well suited to the job. He's also a drug dealer, reselling the prescription drugs his older patients give him to a younger crowd looking for different kinds of escape.
In this economically depressed, shifting landscape, Cole is floundering. The mining corporation is…
African village life and aspirations for education of a young girl.
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🐕 Good, steady pace4 authors picked Nervous Conditions as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY, ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020
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Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and ended white minority rule, thirteen-year-old Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her education. On her shoulders rest the economic hopes of her parents, siblings, and extended family, and within her burns the desire for independence. A timeless coming-of-age tale, and a powerful exploration of…
At the only high school in a small southern West Virginia county, there is an uproar over the death of tenth grader Tyler Hake's father—and Tyler's troubling reaction at school—he brings in his father’s blood-soaked shirt.
The teachers, many of whom were students at this same high school, attend the funeral of Tyler’s father, a classmate. To everyone’s surprise, another classmate Geneva Burden, also shows up after being gone for decades. Geneva seems interested in Tyler, too, perhaps more than a woman her age should be. The teachers turn their thoughts to the past, hoping to find explanations and perhaps clues for helping Tyler.
