by VernaMaeSlone (Author)
This first work of fiction by Verna Mae Slone, firmly grounded in her own background, is set in the 1920s and 1930s in a closeknit community in eastern Kentucky, where family roots run deep. At its center stands as strong and resilient a heroine as any in American literature. Verna Mae Slone, a native of Knott County, Kentucky, is the author of several books, including the bestselling memoir, What My Heart Wants to Tell.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 31 Dec 1994
ISBN 10: 0813118557
ISBN 13: 9780813118550
Slone's style, which includes dialogue written in dialect, is lively. Readers drawn to regional tales will enjoy leering about Lonesome Holler. -- Publishers Weekly
The novel's main strength lies in its sense of community. Here is a network of independent spirits who have merely to ring a dinner bell when a neighbor is in need. -- The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society