Wellspring - Hardcover

Giles, Janice Holt

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395207312 ISBN 13: 9780395207314

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975

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Eighteen short stories, reminiscences, and social commentaries are related to the novelist-historian's works or to a particular time of her life in Oklahoma and Kentucky

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About the Author:

Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979) was the nationally acclaimed author of over two dozen books, including Act of Contrition, Hannah Fowler, and The Enduring Hills.

Review:

"With this anthology and legacy of her fiction, nonfiction, and personal essays, her fans will inherit a full knowledge of the source of Giles' inspiration: Kentucky." -- Journal of the Jackson Purchase Society

"Any writer who makes her readers laugh, cry, wring their hands, question their own ingrained attitudes and stay up all night so as not to have to leave the world she draws them into, has accomplished what she set out to do, and Giles admirably succeeds." -- Lexington Herald-Leader

"Her poignant re-creation of the terrain of childhood leaves one nostalgic, and her observations of her Appalachian neighbors provide profound insights into the Appalachian mind." -- Sewanee Review

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