Hey guys! Iām a girlie from Appalachia and need a good book rec that connects me to home. Help a girl out šš„¹ by Complete-Field4653 Related: Tell me what to read next based off of my 10 current favorite books: Optimistic science fiction A book for my partner Need help getting out of a slump Can you share a selection of books that have profoundly impacted your life in positive ways?
CaptainLaCroix on January 13, 2024 12:55 am A lot of Barbara Kingsolver’s fiction, Prodigal Summer, Flight Behavior, and Demon Copperhead (I haven’t read the last one though). Ron Rash David Joy Charles Frazier, especially Cold Mountain, Thirteen Moons, and Nightwoods The Winter People by John Ehle Non-fiction: Cabins in the Laurel by Muriel Earley Sheppard
ornery-fizz on January 13, 2024 3:05 am Hiya fellow holler dweller! Same! Let us know what you find. Some odd choices that do it for me: When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant The Christy series by Catherine Marshall Wendell Berry Deadly Pursuit by Robert V. Cox Anything but f ing Hillbilly Elegy Wishing you a book that brings the strength and peace of mountains.
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A lot of Barbara Kingsolver’s fiction, Prodigal Summer, Flight Behavior, and Demon Copperhead (I haven’t read the last one though).
Ron Rash
David Joy
Charles Frazier, especially Cold Mountain, Thirteen Moons, and Nightwoods
The Winter People by John Ehle
Non-fiction: Cabins in the Laurel by Muriel Earley Sheppard
Hiya fellow holler dweller! Same! Let us know what you find.
Some odd choices that do it for me:
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
The Christy series by Catherine Marshall
Wendell Berry
Deadly Pursuit by Robert V. Cox
Anything but f ing Hillbilly Elegy
Wishing you a book that brings the strength and peace of mountains.