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A preacher causes trouble when he comes to the isolated Appalachian town of Broke Neck and becomes involved with strongminded Sudley Fowler
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About the Author:
Wade Hall is emeritus professor of English at Bellarmine University and served as the editor of the Kentucky Poetry Review for more than fifteen years. The author or editor of numerous books, including Conecuh People: Words of Life from the Alabama Black Belt and Passing for Black: The Life and Careers of Mae Street Kid, Hall lives in Louisville, Kentucky
Review:
"Giles's most funny, and most favorite book is finally back in print. How delighted followers will be to find this formerly hard-to-find novel easily accessible."―Appalachian Heritage
"Provides its readers with fun as well as an expose on the abuses of the nation's poverty program, not just in Appalachia, but across the nation."―Bowling Green (KY) Daily News
"The culmination of her years of observing the region and its people and one of her most brilliantly staged works."―McCormick (SC) Messenger
"A book rich in incident and humor."―Mountain Eagle
"In Shady Grove , Janice Holt Giles attempts to smash media caricatures while portraying the ridge people honestly and realistically, dirt and warts included. It is her final tribute to her husband's people and culture, which she had learned to respect and love. She took his old-timey people and their colorful metaphors, folkspeech, and wild humor, combined them with generous pieces of folk wisdom, and threaded them into a story as warm and comfortable as a homemade quilt."―Wade Hall, from the Foreword
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- PublisherLarlin Corp
- ISBN 10 0897830024
- ISBN 13 9780897830027
- BindingHardcover
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