Bøger i Appalachian Fiction serien

A coming-of-age saga of life in Appalachia's 1940s on a tobacco farm in Kentucky. It captures a time and place, a family and community facing a struggle to deal with nature and abuse.

An historical novel set in Lexington, Kentucky around 1900, it deals with post Civil War racism and rise of women's rights. Strong characters rise above repression.

�The geologic entry to the Appalachian foothills� had a foreboding quality, a warning to travelers that the world beyond was very different.� So states Chris Offutt in his story, �Back Porch.� His and other stories collected in Appalachia Now serve to hammer the point home like a coal miner�s pick or a fist to the jaw.� Christina Lovin, author of Echo: Poems