Set in Coal Country, this story touches on evil, sexual violence, murder, and years of bitterness and anger. The mother in the middle feels deep resentment toward her daughter and lingering anger towards her mother. As their town floods and the abusive husband disappears, these women slowly try to come to terms with new found freedom and shedding the anger.
Firmly set in time, speech and place, you could easily escape into the story.......if you want to escape to where they are that is.
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Can Coreen and her mother survive the sins and lies that linger after death?
Growing up in a coal mining camp is difficult enough. But, when Coreen Shell's abusive father makes a promise for her thirteenth birthday that could destroy what's left of her life, she resorts to a desperate prayer to a God she's not sure exists. The next day, a flood washes through the coal camp, like a backhanded answer to her prayer. Coreen, her mother, and her crippled grandmother next door must climb the mountain to find refuge in a nearby church. Then, news of a murder changes everything, in a way Coreen never imagined.
Now the real question is: Will Coreen and her damaged, dysfunctional family conquer all the lies, secrets, hardship, and hatred ... or be destroyed by them?
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- Paperback: 258 pages
- Publisher: Firefly Southern Fiction (November 26, 2018)