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The Unquiet Grave: A Novel | Sharyn McCrumb

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Little dude was two months yesterday! And doesn't he look so happy about being put into a greasy pizza box again for another photo shoot? ?
I read this many nights at bedtime and nursing stints throughout the nights and it kept me thoroughly engaged. Based on a true case from the late 1800s where a ghost "gave testimony" at her killer's trial, McCrumb does an amazing job at bringing all these various characters into real life??

Andrea4 She clearly did a ton of research to paint the most accurate portrait of everyone and then of course took her fictional liberties to make you wonder about the veracity of the story. Not fast paced, not a typical ghost story, not even a typical murder mystery- this feels beautifully unique and just as intriguing. 2y

Eggs Sweet babe💯🥰 2y

Andrea4 @Eggs thank you, I agree 🥰🥰🥰 2y

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Bookwormjillk

The Coal Tattoo | Silas House

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I‘m so glad to have discovered Silas House this year. The way he writes about families and grief just sucks me in to his stories. Perfect for summer reading- I‘ll be searching around for more of his books soon. #BacklistReadathon

Clwojick, TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y

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Bookwormjillk

The Coal Tattoo | Silas House

Looking forward to this month‘s #BacklistReadathon

This month I want to read more by Silas House, starting with the tagged.

Clwojick, TheAromaofBooks

Clwojick Good luck! ❤️ 2y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Thanks for joining us!! 2y

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Sydneypaige

Stay and Fight: A Novel | Madeline ffitch

Told through alternating voices of the characters throughout, this is a story about found family in Appalachia. This story weaves through so many heavy topics of environmentalism, hate toward the poor and gay folks, racism, and child welfare. It‘s not a breeze through type book, it‘s slow and heavy, but it is compelling and the characters feel so real.

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Hoopiefoot

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery | Eliot Wigginton, Linda Garland Page

Made lemon sponge pie from this book today. Had some issues with the crust but it still smells divine.

Bookwormjillk Yummy 😋 5y

Nute I like anything lemony!🍋😋 5y

RaimeyGallant yum 5y

Hoopiefoot @Nute Me too! This is soooooo good 🍋 5y

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Scochrane26

The Coal Tattoo | Silas House

I like the #adventrecommends idea. Day 1- This is the first Silas House book I read. It has two other books that connect with it-A Parchment of Leaves and Clay‘s Quilt. I heard him speak at our local women‘s march & decided it was time to read his books. Silas is a Kentucky writer; he teaches & is very involved in the Ky community. @emilyrose_x #wintergames #thefilthyanimals @Clwojick @StayCurious

rather_be_reading 1 pt 🎄 5y

rather_be_reading 1pt☃️ 5y

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LauraBeth

Foxfire 12: The New Book in the Classic Series on Simple Living in America | Foxfire Fund Inc

Bookstore in Southern Appalachia...

cathipink My parents had a few of these.... I want to check one out sometime. Have you read any? 5y

Crazeedi Oh my take me back!!! 5y

Blaire A friend who was in town visiting just bought one of these at our local bookstore. (I‘m in WV). 5y

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mrsmarch I am unfamiliar with these because my Appalachian heritage was swamped by Yankee upbringing, but I am trying to uncover more. I might have to scare some up for my Christmas wish list. 5y

LauraBeth @cathipink I haven‘t but I did buy a volume yesterday! 5y

LauraBeth @Crazeedi did you grow up in southern Appalachia? 5y

LauraBeth @Blaire I bought an edition after leading through it! It looks interesting 😀 5y

LauraBeth @mrsmarch 😂😂 I feel like I grew up knowing about Foxfire but I never paid much attention to it! I think you‘ll enjoy it! 5y

Crazeedi @LauraBeth no, but on the edge of northern Appalachia, and I had several of the foxfire books when I was younger, not sure if I still do or got rid of them in my many moves 5y

Suet624 Oh! I had some of those when I lived on the commune. 5y

LauraBeth @Suet624 I‘m just over here anxiously waiting for your biography! 5y

Suet624 @LauraBeth I just started chuckling thinking of some of the commune events. I‘m hoping to leave crib notes for the kids in case they want to know what I was up to. For some reason they don‘t really ask very many questions. 5y

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Reviewsbylola

The Unquiet Grave: A Novel | Sharyn McCrumb

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@Mdargusch passed this one on to me after she read it a few years ago. I absolutely loved it—a fictionalized account of a murder wherein the dead bride supposedly comes to her mother after death and tells her that she was murdered by her new husband?! Yes please! This really happened (the circumstances—not the actual haunting. Unless it really did. 😆 #skeptic) Google Greenbrier Ghost. #soaringscores #didimakethemostoflovingyou

Cinfhen, CrowCAH

Hollie Yes! I talk about this in class and the students are always like wtf when I tell them they allowed testimony from the murder victims ghost into the courtroom 😂 5y

Reviewsbylola I‘m using this one for #personofcolorMCparanormal. Half of the book is told from the perspective of one of the attorneys that defended the ghost‘s husband, and the attorney was a POC. @cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y

emtobiasz They told this story on an episode I just watched of the show Drunk History! 📺 5y

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Cinfhen Cool!!!! I probably stacked this based on a review from @Mdargusch xx 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I am just starting this one! Glad you liked it! 5y

LeahBergen Oh, this sounds good! 5y

Mdargusch This was an interesting book! And I had forgotten all about it! Perfect read for October! 5y

CrowCAH Wow that‘s quite the tale! Ghosts accusing the living of murder! 5y

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